A earthquake with magnitude 6.7 (ml/mb) was reported 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/01/17 / 2017-01-10 15:27:20 / January 10, 2017 @ 3:27 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pt17010051, at00ojkllj. Unique identifier: at00ojkllj. Exact location of earthquake, 161.1° East, -10.2° South, depth 67 km. The 6.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:27:20 / 2:27 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Kirakira in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a, Kirakira. Epicenter of the event was 94 km (58 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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