A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 19.59 km (12 miles). Event id: us1000bmky. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bmky. Exact location of earthquake, 161.4741° East, -10.7667° South, depth 19.59 km. Global time and date of event 05/12/17 / 2017-12-05 23:45:57 / December 5, 2017 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:45:57 / 10:45 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 Kirakira. The epicenter was 60 km (37 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 one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 59 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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