A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/01/17 / 2017-01-25 10:21:27 / January 25, 2017 @ 10:21 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 52.23 km, 161.1102° East, -10.4167° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 52.23 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:21:27 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007vbq. Id of event: us10007vbq.
The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days two hundred and nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 88 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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