A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 108 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (67 miles). Exact location, longitude 160.9438° East, latitude -10.2661° South, depth = 33.55 km. Id of earthquake: us200081g7. Event ids that are associated: us200081g7. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:32:58 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 08:32:58 / December 9, 2016 @ 8:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33.55 km (21 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 108 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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