A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 161.0803 East, latitude -10.7005 South, depth = 34.13 km. Global time and date of event 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 03:28:09 / December 10, 2016 @ 3:28 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 34.13 km (21 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zqn. Id of event: us20007zqn. The temblor was picked up at 14:28:09 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 96 km (60 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days fifty-six, in the past 30 days fifty-six and in the last 365 days ninety earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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