A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us10007rpg. Event ids that are associated: us10007rpg. The temblor was detected at 19:36:38 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 161.3021° East, latitude -10.8472° South, depth = 27.61 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 27.61 km (17 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/12/16 / 2016-12-22 08:36:38 / December 22, 2016 @ 8:36 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 80 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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