A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was reported 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Gizo in Solomon Islands on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000k7u6. Unique identifier: us2000k7u6. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/03/19 / 2019-03-31 00:09:27 / March 31, 2019 @ 12:09 am. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:09:27 / 10:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.4949 East, latitude -8.5926 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gizo. Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Gizo (c. 6 200 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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