A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/07/15 / 2015-07-24 19:09:10 / July 24, 2015 @ 7:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us20002zxt. Unique identifier: us20002zxt. Exact location of earthquake, 161.5932° East, -10.2441° South, depth 80.79 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 80.79 km (50 miles). The temblor was detected at 06:09:10 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 42 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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