A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 18:13:11 / December 9, 2016 @ 6:13 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 58.87 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zl5. Id of event: us20007zl5. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:13:11 / 5:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.3933 East, latitude -10.5165 South, depth = 58.87 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-five, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days seventy-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 58 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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