A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, depth 25.82 km, 161.1861° East, -10.4355° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:36:49 / 11:36 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us200081eb. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081eb. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.82 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 00:36:49 / December 9, 2016 @ 12:36 am.
The epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 80 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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