A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:50:19 / 6:50 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 19:50:19 / February 24, 2019 @ 7:50 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000jmij. Id of event: us2000jmij. Exact location of event, longitude 165.7624 East, latitude -10.594 South, depth = 112.87 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 112.87 km (70 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 16 km (10 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
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. 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 twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 15 km NNW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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