A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 09:23:28 / 9:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 35 km, 160.5101° East, -9.9259° South. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/12/16 / 2016-12-15 22:23:28 / December 15, 2016 @ 10:23 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000815j. Unique identifier: us2000815j. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taro’a, Tulaghi, Honiara (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days fifty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 82 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands.
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