A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was reported at 00:58:58 / 12:58 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 161.4337° East, -10.3971° South, depth 47.39 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 47.39 km (29 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 13:58:58 / December 20, 2016 @ 1:58 pm. Unique identifier: us10007rfi. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007rfi.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 54 km (33 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-two, in the last 10 days fifty-seven, in the past 30 days one hundred and sixty-seven and in the last 365 days two hundred and one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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