A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 38.57 km (24 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:33:15 / 1:33 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 38.57 km, 165.4132° East, -10.2846° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60003sfi. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003sfi. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/05/19 / 2019-05-26 14:33:15 / May 26, 2019 @ 2:33 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Earthquake epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 66 km NW of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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