A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The temblor was reported at 21:37:01 / 9:37 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/25 / 2025-01-15 21:37:01 / January 15, 2025 @ 9:37 pm. Id of earthquake: us6000pk9u. Event ids that are associated: us6000pk9u. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.9879 East, latitude -10.9571 South, depth = 48.106 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.106 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 32 km (20 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes 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 seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 33 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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