A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.04 km (34 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/05/17 / 2017-05-12 05:39:00 / May 12, 2017 @ 5:39 am. Event id: us10008rs7. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008rs7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 159.6111° East, -7.8533° South, depth 54.04 km. The temblor was reported at 16:39:00 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buala. Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 32 km N of Buala, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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