A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 161.2715° East, latitude -10.8991° South, depth = 10 km. 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 05:10:01 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:10 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081f5. Unique identifier: us200081f5. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:10:01 / 4:10 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and twenty-six, 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-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 86 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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