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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Honiara in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on December 21, 2017 0 Comments

Earthquake location -9.1906S, 159.1897WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 87 kilometers (54 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 159.1897° East, -9.1906° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:01:02 / 2:01 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000bu47. Event ids that are associated: us1000bu47. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 03:01:02 / December 21, 2017 @ 3:01 am.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Honiara (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 88 km (54 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 87 km WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.1897° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.1906° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km WNW of Honiara, 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 2017-12-21 03:01:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-21 03:22:52 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 0.787 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 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 us1000bu47 Id of event.
Event Code 1000bu47 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bu47, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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