A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.13 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 161.5895 East, latitude -10.0431 South, depth = 59.13 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 22/06/18 / 2018-06-22 19:24:31 / June 22, 2018 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:24:31 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000eyyg. Event ids that are associated: us1000eyyg.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a, Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop), 101 km (62 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 58 km NW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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