A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Monday. The temblor was detected at 14:28:11 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 161.5636° East, latitude -9.6633° South, depth = 51.25 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/16 / 2016-12-26 03:28:11 / December 26, 2016 @ 3:28 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 51.25 km (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10007t1v. Unique identifier: us10007t1v.
Earthquake epicenter was 96 km (60 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira, Taro’a.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days eighty-seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 95 km NNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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