A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 21:25:18 / December 9, 2016 @ 9:25 pm. Unique identifier: us200081h0. Ids that are associated to the event: us200081h0. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.5808 East, latitude -10.9913 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:25:18 / 8:25 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
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-one, in the last 10 days one hundred and fourty-two, in the past 30 days one hundred and fourty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 70 km SSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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