A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Dadali in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 158.797° East, -8.1536° South, depth 148.34 km. The temblor was detected at 08:16:10 / 8:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 148.34 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 21:16:10 / February 2, 2018 @ 9:16 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ceqp. Unique identifier: us1000ceqp.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buala.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 28 km WSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands.
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