A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The temblor was reported at 04:56:37 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 147.8 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 17:56:37 / July 29, 2015 @ 5:56 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10002w12. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002w12. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.2308 East, latitude -10.8877 South, depth = 147.8 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 47 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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