A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 56 kilometers (35 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 00:53:51 / December 9, 2016 @ 12:53 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:53:51 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 161.467 East, latitude -10.7055 South, depth = 42.47 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20007zck. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zck. The epicenter was at a depth of 42.47 km (26 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (35 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fifty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 56 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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