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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Kirakira in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on May 13, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.3163S, 161.3932WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was reported at 23:16:54 / 11:16 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 87.77 km (55 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 87.77 km, 161.3932° East, -10.3163° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/04/16 / 2016-04-30 12:16:54 / April 30, 2016 @ 12:16 pm. Unique identifier: us10005gai. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gai. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 60 km (37 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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: 59 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.3932° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.3163° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 87.77 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km WNW of Kirakira, 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 2016-04-30 12:16:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-13 12:31:50 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 271 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 1.67 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 108 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 us10005gai Id of event.
Event Code 10005gai An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005gai, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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