A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The 5.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:07:23 / 1:07 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 165.9495° East, latitude -10.8694° South, depth = 52.31 km. Event id: us2000j92j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j92j. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 52.31 km (33 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/01/19 / 2019-01-26 02:07:23 / January 26, 2019 @ 2:07 am.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 21 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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