A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Id of earthquake: us20007zq4. Event ids that are associated: us20007zq4. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:38:21 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 02:38:21 / December 10, 2016 @ 2:38 am. Exact location, longitude 161.3193° East, latitude -10.3302° South, depth = 36.16 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 36.16 km (22 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-two, in the last 10 days fifty-four, in the past 30 days fifty-four and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 67 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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