A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 161.0899° East, latitude -10.4775° South, depth = 18.74 km. Event id: us200081fd. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081fd. The temblor was detected at 17:41:12 / 5:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.74 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 06:41:12 / December 9, 2016 @ 6:41 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (56 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-six, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-one 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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