A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 68.8 km (43 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 05:12:59 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 16:12:59 / 4:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 68.8 km, 161.3857° East, -10.5707° South. Unique identifier: us200081hr. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081hr.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and twenty-nine, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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