A earthquake with magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) was reported 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The 6.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:10:10 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 161.2° East, latitude -10.8° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kirakira in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: at00ohxmky. Ids that are associated to the event: pt16344050, at00ohxmky. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 19:10:10 / December 9, 2016 @ 7:10 pm.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. 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-four, in the last 10 days fourty, in the past 30 days fourty and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 87 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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