A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 21:33:17 / December 9, 2016 @ 9:33 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zn2. Unique identifier: us20007zn2. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 161.1451° East, -10.812° South, depth 10 km. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:33:17 / 8:33 am (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days fourty-eight, in the past 30 days fourty-eight and in the last 365 days eighty-one 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. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 93 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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