A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.16 km (17 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:46:47 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200081jv. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081jv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 05:46:47 / December 10, 2016 @ 5:46 am. Exact location of event, depth 27.16 km, 161.3797° East, -10.7277° South.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 66 km (41 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been ninety, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 66 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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