A earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 161.1263° East, -10.6795° South. The 6.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:10:05 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 19:10:05 / December 9, 2016 @ 7:10 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: at00ohxmky, us20007zlq, pt16344050. Unique identifier: us20007zlq. A tsunami warning has been issued near Kirakira in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 135 quakes 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-five, in the last 10 days fourty-two, in the past 30 days fourty-two and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 90 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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