A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:38:12 / 7:38 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 54.91 km, 161.4957° East, -10.3315° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 54.91 km (34 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ennu. Id of event: us1000ennu. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/06/18 / 2018-06-11 20:38:12 / June 11, 2018 @ 8:38 pm.
Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira.
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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: 48 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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