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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -11.627S, 165.5165WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 106 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands (66 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003zzi. Id of event: us10003zzi. Exact location of earthquake, 165.5165° East, -11.627° South, depth 20.7 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/11/15 / 2015-11-20 23:25:43 / November 20, 2015 @ 11:25 pm UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:25:43 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.7 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 106 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.5165° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.627° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 106km SSW 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 2015-11-20 23:25:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-20 23:43:29 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 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 0 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 400 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 ,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 4.136 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 48 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10003zzi Id of event.
Event Code 10003zzi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003zzi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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