A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 106 kilometers (66 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 166.3839° East, -11.5097° South, depth 54.26 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.26 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/07/19 / 2019-07-02 08:00:15 / July 2, 2019 @ 8:00 am. Id of earthquake: us700048j0. Event ids that are associated: us700048j0. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:00:15 / 7:00 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 107 km (66 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-six 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 106 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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