A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) was reported 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Gizo in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 42.328 km, 156.1219° East, -7.4177° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 05:01:41 / September 8, 2024 @ 5:01 am. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:01:41 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 42.328 km (26 miles). Unique identifier: us6000nqf4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqf4.
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 110 km (68 miles) from Gizo (c. 6 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Gizo.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 109 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands.
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