A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. 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 19:03:35 / December 8, 2016 @ 7:03 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.4991 East, latitude -10.8938 South, depth = 50.34 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007z9w. Unique identifier: us20007z9w. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:03:35 / 6:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 50.34 km (31 miles).
Epicenter of the event was 67 km (42 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 66 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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