A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 01:31:41 / December 9, 2016 @ 1:31 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.2843 East, latitude -10.9364 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:31:41 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zcv. Id of event: us20007zcv.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 88 km (55 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 87 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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