A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Id of earthquake: us20007zb1. Event ids that are associated: us20007zb1. The temblor was detected at 08:35:43 / 8:35 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 44.72 km (28 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 21:35:43 / December 8, 2016 @ 9:35 pm. Exact location of event, depth 44.72 km, 161.2612° East, -10.8119° South.
Epicenter of the event was 82 km (51 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). 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.
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-four 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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