A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 89 kilometers (55 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 13:09:53 / December 9, 2016 @ 1:09 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zhp. Unique identifier: us20007zhp. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:09:53 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 161.1158° East, -10.6203° South.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-four, in the past 30 days thirty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 89 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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