A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (74 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 16:46:31 / 4:46 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 28.99 km (18 miles). Global time and date of event 23/12/16 / 2016-12-23 05:46:31 / December 23, 2016 @ 5:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.7777 East, latitude -9.0996 South, depth = 28.99 km. Unique identifier: us10007sbc. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007sbc.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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