A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event id: us20007za4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007za4. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.58 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.2868 East, latitude -10.499 South, depth = 35.58 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 19:15:39 / December 8, 2016 @ 7:15 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 06:15:39 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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