A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 161.3536° East, latitude -10.6264° South, depth = 34.39 km. The temblor was detected at 05:52:16 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 18:52:16 / December 8, 2016 @ 6:52 pm. Unique identifier: us20007z9k. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007z9k. 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 34.39 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 64 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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