A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 79.52 km (49 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/04/19 / 2019-04-20 03:48:21 / April 20, 2019 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us700039i9. Event ids that are associated: us700039i9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.2079 East, latitude -10.2981 South, depth = 79.52 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:48:21 / 2:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 79 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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