A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 107 kilometers (66 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.1439 East, latitude -11.0463 South, depth = 25.03 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 01:58:57 / December 9, 2016 @ 1:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20007zda. Unique identifier: us20007zda. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:58:57 / 12:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 25.03 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 107 km (67 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 107 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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