A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. 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 05:02:51 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:02 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.93 km (30 miles). Exact location, longitude 161.7818° East, latitude -10.3643° South, depth = 47.93 km. The temblor was reported at 16:02:51 / 4:02 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us200081f4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081f4.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 18 km (11 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 18 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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