A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was reported at 20:41:54 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.25 km (25 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 09:41:54 / August 3, 2015 @ 9:41 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 161.913° East, latitude -10.7679° South, depth = 40.25 km. Id of earthquake: us10002xfm. Event ids that are associated: us10002xfm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. The epicenter was 35 km (22 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 34 km S of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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