A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 161.2781° East, -10.7055° South, depth 11.06 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081f7. Unique identifier: us200081f7. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 11.06 km (7 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 05:56:16 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:56 am. The temblor was picked up at 16:56:16 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 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 thirty-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-one, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 75 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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