A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.64 km (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.209 East, latitude -10.3979 South, depth = 47.64 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008xqe. Unique identifier: us70008xqe. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:38:23 / 4:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/20 / 2020-04-16 17:38:23 / April 16, 2020 @ 5:38 pm.
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-eight 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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