A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 19:43:26 / December 9, 2016 @ 7:43 pm. Unique identifier: us20007zm1. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zm1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.67 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:43:26 / 6:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 33.67 km, 161.3167° East, -10.9636° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 87 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-three, in the past 30 days fourty-three and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. 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: 86 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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