A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.6073 East, latitude -10.9886 South, depth = 12.04 km. The temblor was reported at 19:59:25 / 7:59 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 08:59:25 / December 9, 2016 @ 8:59 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.04 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us200081g1. Unique identifier: us200081g1.
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). The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Every 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 thirty-four, in the last 10 days one hundred and thirty-four, in the past 30 days one hundred and thirty-four and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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