A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 23:56:46 / December 20, 2016 @ 11:56 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.22 km (32 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:56:46 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 161.701° East, -10.7888° South, depth 52.22 km. Unique identifier: us10007rgg. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rgg.
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 44 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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