A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 162.0314° East, latitude -10.7762° South, depth = 41.29 km. The temblor was reported at 14:21:37 / 2:21 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/01/17 / 2017-01-02 03:21:37 / January 2, 2017 @ 3:21 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 41.29 km (26 miles). Event id: us10007p5u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007p5u.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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 two, in the past 30 days ninety-eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 37 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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