A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007tpa. Id of event: us10007tpa. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:42:30 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.3117 East, latitude -10.341 South, depth = 35 km. 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: 29/12/16 / 2016-12-29 19:42:30 / December 29, 2016 @ 7:42 pm.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days thirty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and eighty-two and in the last 365 days two hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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