A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was picked up at 11:14:49 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 161.4113° East, latitude -10.1468° South, depth = 45.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.9 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us200081e8. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081e8. 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 00:14:49 / December 9, 2016 @ 12:14 am.
Earthquake epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and nineteen, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 65 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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