A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/06/20 / 2020-06-07 14:43:25 / June 7, 2020 @ 2:43 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 30.58 km (19 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000a7ig. Event ids that are associated: us6000a7ig. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:43:25 / 2:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 166.1718° East, latitude -10.6365° South, depth = 30.58 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 38 km (24 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 42 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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