A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:00:07 / 10:00 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us200081lc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081lc. Global time and date of event 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 23:00:07 / December 10, 2016 @ 11:00 pm 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 22.12 km (14 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 161.4087° East, -10.4988° South, depth 22.12 km.
Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 56 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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