A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 161.2944° East, -10.8915° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter was 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zq6. Id of event: us20007zq6. The temblor was reported at 13:45:40 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 02:45:40 / December 10, 2016 @ 2:45 am UTC/GMT.
Event epicenter was 84 km (52 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 thirty-three, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 83 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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