A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 161.3355° East, latitude -10.4967° South, depth = 35.25 km. The temblor was detected at 07:08:10 / 7:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/12/16 / 2016-12-10 20:08:10 / December 10, 2016 @ 8:08 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20007zug. Event ids that are associated: us20007zug. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35.25 km (22 miles).
Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
In the past 24 hours, there have been nineteen, in the last 10 days sixty-four, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days ninety-eight 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 64 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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