A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Monday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000itjn. Unique identifier: us2000itjn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 02:23:16 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.63 km (54 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 161.2456° East, latitude -10.2189° South, depth = 87.63 km. Global time and date of event 09/12/18 / 2018-12-09 15:23:16 / December 9, 2018 @ 3:23 pm UTC/GMT.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Event epicenter was 78 km (49 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 78 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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