A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Auki in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/02/19 / 2019-02-07 01:41:34 / February 7, 2019 @ 1:41 am. The temblor was reported at 12:41:34 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 160.9592 East, latitude -8.4642 South, depth = 65.94 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 65.94 km (41 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000jek8. Event ids that are associated: us2000jek8.
Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Auki (c. 6 800 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a, Auki (min 5000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km NE of Auki, Solomon Islands.
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