A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 128 km W of Honiara, Solomon Islands (80 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/10/18 / 2018-10-26 17:02:12 / October 26, 2018 @ 5:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.791 East, latitude -9.5921 South, depth = 17.14 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:02:12 / 4:02 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000hhlx. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hhlx. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 17.14 km (11 miles).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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