A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:53:25 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 199.809 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.2272 East, latitude -10.7908 South, depth = 199.809 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqh7. Unique identifier: us6000nqh7. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 14:53:25 / September 8, 2024 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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