A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 166.4226° East, -11.0546° South, depth 152.3 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 152.3 km (95 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 01:10:19 / 1:10 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/19 / 2019-09-17 14:10:19 / September 17, 2019 @ 2:10 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005hh0. Unique identifier: us70005hh0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven 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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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 74 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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