A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 102 kilometers (63 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/08/15 / 2015-08-09 17:51:34 / August 9, 2015 @ 5:51 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100030l6. Unique identifier: us100030l6. The temblor was picked up at 04:51:34 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 24.11 km (15 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 165.0093° East, -10.285° South, depth 24.11 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Epicenter of the earthquake was 102 km (63 miles) from Lata (c. 600 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 twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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