A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 161.3124 East, latitude -11.0148 South, depth = 15.83 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20007zme. Event ids that are associated: us20007zme. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.83 km (10 miles). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:35:15 / 7:35 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 20:35:15 / December 9, 2016 @ 8:35 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 91 km (57 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-seven, in the last 10 days fourty-five, in the past 30 days fourty-five and in the last 365 days eighty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 90 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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