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Strong earthquake 6.8 mag, 119 km SW of Dadali, Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on November 18, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -8.9462S, 158.4205WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) strikes 119 km SW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (74 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has been issued near Dadali in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/11/15 / 2015-11-18 18:31:04 / November 18, 2015 @ 6:31 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 05:31:04 / 5:31 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.82 km (7 miles). Event id: us10003zcp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00ny0wrr, pt15322050, us10003zcp. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.4205 East, latitude -8.9462 South, depth = 10.82 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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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: 119 km SW of Dadali, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.4205° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.9462° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 119km SW 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 2015-11-18 18:31:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-18 19:01:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.19 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 714 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 1.585 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10003zcp Id of event.
Event Code 10003zcp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00ny0wrr,pt15322050,us10003zcp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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