A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Id of earthquake: us20007zbp. Event ids that are associated: us20007zbp. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:02:43 / 9:02 am (local time epicenter). 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 36.57 km (23 miles). Exact location of event, depth 36.57 km, 161.4863° East, -10.8218° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 22:02:43 / December 8, 2016 @ 10:02 pm.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been fourteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fifty-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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 62 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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