A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was picked up at 12:19:21 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 01:19:21 / December 9, 2016 @ 1:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.3727 East, latitude -10.4164 South, depth = 35.08 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081ej. Unique identifier: us200081ej. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.08 km (22 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-five, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-six, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 60 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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