A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 28.72 km (18 miles). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:50:30 / 2:50 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us200080ga. Event ids that are associated: us200080ga. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/12/16 / 2016-12-13 15:50:30 / December 13, 2016 @ 3:50 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 161.1675 East, latitude -10.5421 South, depth = 28.72 km.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days seventy, in the past 30 days seventy-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and four 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. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 82 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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