A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 161.5541° East, -10.7274° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:45:32 / 11:45 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200082sn. Id of event: us200082sn. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 00:45:32 / December 11, 2016 @ 12:45 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles).
Close 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 event was 50 km (31 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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