A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 05:21:51 / 5:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/16 / 2016-07-23 18:21:51 / July 23, 2016 @ 6:21 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 165.7154° East, -10.8811° South, depth 43.59 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006h4b. Unique identifier: us20006h4b. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.59 km (27 miles).
Event epicenter was 22 km (14 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 22 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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