A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26.95 km (17 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:17:09 / 11:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zsd. Id of event: us20007zsd. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.248 East, latitude -10.3657 South, depth = 26.95 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 12:17:09 / December 10, 2016 @ 12:17 pm.
The epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days fifty-nine, in the past 30 days fifty-nine and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 74 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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