A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 47.19 km (29 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.5147 East, latitude -10.8346 South, depth = 47.19 km. The temblor was reported at 07:03:12 / 7:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 20:03:12 / December 8, 2016 @ 8:03 pm. Unique identifier: us20007zaj. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zaj.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 61 km (38 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 61 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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