A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 05:05:00 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:05 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.55 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 31.55 km, 161.3106° East, -11.1231° South. Id of earthquake: us200081f3. Event ids that are associated: us200081f3. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:05:00 / 4:05 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 100 km (62 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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