A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:24:04 / 2:24 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 14/12/16 / 2016-12-14 03:24:04 / December 14, 2016 @ 3:24 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 161.3969 East, latitude -10.4843 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us200080ml. Ids that are associated to the event: us200080ml. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seventy-two, in the past 30 days seventy-two and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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.
Questions or comments?
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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 57 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
Copyright © 2016 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply