A earthquake with magnitude 6.1 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Unique identifier: us20007zn7. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zn7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 13.99 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:38:23 / 8:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.4025 East, latitude -10.9442 South, depth = 13.99 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 21:38:23 / December 9, 2016 @ 9:38 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira.
Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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