A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:49:25 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 38.1 km (24 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.9944 East, latitude -10.1903 South, depth = 38.1 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/16 / 2016-12-20 08:49:25 / December 20, 2016 @ 8:49 am. Unique identifier: us200082r3. Ids that are associated to the event: us200082r3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 105 km (66 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a, Kirakira.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days eighty-one and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 105 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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