A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 07:03:33 / December 9, 2016 @ 7:03 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:03:33 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.64 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us20007zeq. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zeq. Exact location of event, longitude 161.1239 East, latitude -10.4688 South, depth = 33.64 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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