A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081k5. Unique identifier: us200081k5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 08:16:30 / December 10, 2016 @ 8:16 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.71 km (17 miles). The temblor was detected at 19:16:30 / 7:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.27 East, latitude -10.5758 South, depth = 27.71 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eighty-eight, in the last 10 days one hundred and fifty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 72 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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