Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Buala in Solomon Islands

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 10:25:47 / 10:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000ateh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ateh. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.6233 East, latitude -7.7533 South, depth = 37.28 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/09/17 / 2017-09-22 23:25:47 / September 22, 2017 @ 11:25 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 37.28 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buala. The epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 43 km N of Buala, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.6233° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-7.7533° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	37.28 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43km N of Buala, 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	2017-09-22 23:25:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2017-09-22 23:41:17	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	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	369	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	1.705	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.55 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	99	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	us2000ateh	Id of event.
Event Code	2000ateh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000ateh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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