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Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag has occurred near Dadali in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on July 10, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -9.325S, 158.4482WA earthquake with magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) was reported 155 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (96 miles) on Friday. The temblor was detected at 15:12:41 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/15 / 2015-07-10 04:12:41 / July 10, 2015 @ 4:12 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: pt15191050, at00nr97p8, us20002whh. Unique identifier: us20002whh. Exact location of earthquake, 158.4482° East, -9.325° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has been issued near Dadali in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 155 km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.4482° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.325° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 155km SSW of Dadali, Solomon Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-07-10 04:12:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-10 04:32:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.66 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 650 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.483 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 22 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us20002whh Id of event.
Event Code 20002whh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt15191050,at00nr97p8,us20002whh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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