A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 15:40:47 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000ngzw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngzw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.819 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 15.819 km, 161.399° East, -11.0417° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 15:40:47 / September 28, 2024 @ 3:40 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 86 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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