Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Kirakira in Solomon Islands

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event id: us200081l7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081l7. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 21:55:08 / December 10, 2016 @ 9:55 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 161.8989° East, -11.0819° South, depth 16.33 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.33 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:55:08 / 8:55 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 70 km (43 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 69 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	161.8989° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-11.0819° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	16.33 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-12-10 21:55:08	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-01-08 00:23:59	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	660	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.52	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	142	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us200081l7	Id of event.
Event Code	200081l7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us200081l7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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