A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.76 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:08:55 / 6:08 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us200081fh. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081fh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 07:08:55 / December 9, 2016 @ 7:08 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.2074 East, latitude -10.5368 South, depth = 55.76 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one hundred and thirty-nine, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-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 quakes in the world. 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 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: 78 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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