A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 97 kilometers (60 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 47.06 km (29 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.133 East, latitude -10.8595 South, depth = 47.06 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:23:53 / 5:23 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007z95. Id of event: us20007z95. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 18:23:53 / December 8, 2016 @ 6:23 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 97 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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