A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 41.6 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zfj. Id of event: us20007zfj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:10:26 / 8:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.4528 East, latitude -10.7465 South, depth = 41.6 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 09:10:26 / December 9, 2016 @ 9:10 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty, in the last 10 days thirty, in the past 30 days thirty and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
How would you describe the shaking?
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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 60 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply