A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 161.847° East, -10.839° South. Event id: us10007t54. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007t54. The temblor was picked up at 02:54:52 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 27/12/16 / 2016-12-27 15:54:52 / December 27, 2016 @ 3:54 pm UTC/GMT.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 44 km (27 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and fifty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ninety-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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 S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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