A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.1477 East, latitude -10.493 South, depth = 42.95 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 17:24:42 / December 9, 2016 @ 5:24 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 04:24:42 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zkq. Unique identifier: us20007zkq. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.95 km (27 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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. 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: 84 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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