A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 175 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands (109 miles). 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: 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 19:51:35 / December 6, 2015 @ 7:51 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100044h9. Unique identifier: us100044h9. Exact location, longitude 164.2329° East, latitude -10.5767° South, depth = 47.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.9 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 06:51:35 / 6:51 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 175 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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