A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.6097 East, latitude -10.0121 South, depth = 46.53 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:21:29 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 00:21:29 / December 9, 2016 @ 12:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 46.53 km (29 miles). Unique identifier: us200081e9. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081e9.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
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 nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 59 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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