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Major earthquake, 7.5 mag strikes near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on July 18, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.4146S, 165.2118WA major earthquake magnitude 7.5 (ml/mb) strikes 75 kilometers (47 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 13:27:33 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 02:27:33 / July 18, 2015 @ 2:27 am. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lata in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 165.2118° East, -10.4146° South. Unique identifier: us20002yaw. Ids that are associated to the event: at00nrnw5q, pt15199050, us20002yaw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Earthquake epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).

Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage. Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 75 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.2118° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.4146° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 75km WNW of Lata, 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 2015-07-18 02:27:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-07-18 02:46:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 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 865 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 ,at,pt,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 5.276 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.49 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us20002yaw Id of event.
Event Code 20002yaw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nrnw5q,pt15199050,us20002yaw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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