A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zbn. Id of event: us20007zbn. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/16 / 2016-12-08 21:56:10 / December 8, 2016 @ 9:56 pm. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:56:10 / 8:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 161.2746° East, -10.8128° South, depth 35 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 81 km (50 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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 twelve, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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