A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 140 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (87 miles) on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 22:17:08 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 162.5723 East, latitude -11.5524 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/07/16 / 2016-07-09 11:17:08 / July 9, 2016 @ 11:17 am. Id of earthquake: us20006ew8. Event ids that are associated: us20006ew8. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 140 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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