A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 85 kilometers (53 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007m9d. Id of event: us10007m9d. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 10:32:24 / 10:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 160.622° East, latitude -9.8309° South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/12/16 / 2016-12-15 23:32:24 / December 15, 2016 @ 11:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tulaghi, Taro’a, Honiara.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifty-eight, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 85 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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