A major earthquake magnitude 7.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt15199050. Id of event: pt15199050. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 7.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:27:34 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 02:27:34 / July 18, 2015 @ 2:27 am. Exact location of earthquake, 165.203° East, -10.328° South, depth 33 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 15 major 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: 81 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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