A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 73 kilometers (45 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 02:23:00 / September 27, 2024 @ 2:23 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 161.4818° East, latitude -10.9539° South, depth = 10 km. 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 02:23:00 / 2:23 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngqn. Unique identifier: us7000ngqn.
Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). 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 three and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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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: 73 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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