A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/01/17 / 2017-01-04 21:03:47 / January 4, 2017 @ 9:03 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007r83. Id of event: us10007r83. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 55.31 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 08:03:47 / 8:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.3671 East, latitude -10.4606 South, depth = 55.31 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 61 km (38 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days one hundred and twenty-three and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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: 60 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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