A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 45.46 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 161.1051° East, -10.7633° South, depth 45.46 km. Global time and date of event 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 19:38:35 / December 9, 2016 @ 7:38 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007zly. Id of event: us20007zly. The temblor was detected at 06:38:35 / 6:38 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-six, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 95 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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