A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 12:57:21 / December 14, 2016 @ 12:57 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 161.2314 East, latitude -10.3678 South, depth = 42.58 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10007m1k. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007m1k. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 42.58 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 23:57:21 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days one hundred and sixty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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