A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 04:30:06 / July 18, 2015 @ 4:30 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20002yb6. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002yb6. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:30:06 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.0896 East, latitude -10.3445 South, depth = 10 km.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 91 km (57 miles) from Lata (c. 600 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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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