A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200080dw. Id of event: us200080dw. Exact location, longitude 161.4313° East, latitude -10.2013° South, depth = 66.89 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 66.89 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:46:20 / 2:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/16 / 2016-12-13 03:46:20 / December 13, 2016 @ 3:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 60 km (38 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days sixty-eight, in the past 30 days sixty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 60 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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