A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 71.17 km, 161.1446° East, -10.0761° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.17 km (44 miles). The temblor was reported at 16:39:12 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 27/12/18 / 2018-12-27 05:39:12 / December 27, 2018 @ 5:39 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000ixys. Event ids that are associated: us2000ixys.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a, Kirakira. Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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