A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 01:30:59 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 26/12/16 / 2016-12-26 14:30:59 / December 26, 2016 @ 2:30 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 49.97 km (31 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us10007t25. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007t25. Exact location of event, depth 49.97 km, 161.5279° East, -10.4314° South.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days one hundred and seventy-five and in the last 365 days two hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 43 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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