A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Gizo in Solomon Islands on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude 156.528 East, latitude -8.2682 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us60007la0. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007la0. 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). The temblor was reported at 22:27:01 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 31/01/20 / 2020-01-31 12:27:01 / January 31, 2020 @ 12:27 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gizo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Gizo (c. 6 200 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 39 km WSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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