Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 70 km northwest of Kirakira, Nakumwe, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands, on Tuesday, 13 December 2016 at 03:46 (GMT)

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 7.7 quake Solomon Sea, 70 km west of Kirakira, Solomon Islands, 8 December 2016 17:38 GMT, which had occurred 4 jours earlier.
Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 70 km northwest of Kirakira, Nakumwe, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands, on Tuesday, 13 December 2016 at 03:46 (GMT)

Moderate magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 54 km depth

13 Dec 03:55 UTC: Premier à signaler: GFZ après 9 minutes.
Dec 13 03:57: Magnitude recalculée de 5.4 à 5.5.
Profondeur recalculée de 10.0 à 63.0 km.
Dec 13 08:20: Magnitude recalculée de 5.5 à 5.0.
Profondeur recalculée de 63.0 à 54.0 km.
Date & time: 13 Dec 2016 03:46:19 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Profondeur: 54.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 10.16°S / 161.36°E (Îles Salomon)
Volcan le plus près: Savo (182 km / 113 mi)
Nearby towns and cities:
70 km ONO de Kirakira (Nakumwe) (pop: 1,120) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
171 km SSE de Auki (pop: 6,810) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
177 km SE de Tulagi (Florida Islands) (pop: 1,750) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
187 km ESE de Malango (pop: 10,500) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
297 km SE de Buala (pop: 2,700) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
149 km ESE de Guadalcanal Island (pop: 65,200) --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
67 km ESE de Tavanipupu Island --> Voir les séismes à proximité!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

Info: The more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.
MagnitudeProfondeurLocationSource
M 5.054 kmSolomon IslandsGFZ
M 5.280 km SOLOMON ISLANDSEMSC
M 5.167 km- 60km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon IslandsUSGS
M 5.2167 kmSolomon IslandsGeoAu

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Aftershocks of the 5.0 quake 70 km northwest of Kirakira, Nakumwe, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands, 13 December 2016 03:46 GMT

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Recorded aftershocks, latest first (2 quakes):
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Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - 70 km northwest of Kirakira, Nakumwe, Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands, on Tuesday, 13 December 2016 at 03:46 (GMT)
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