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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 16 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.6378S, 165.957WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 02:13:22 / 2:13 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000d6z1. Event ids that are associated: us2000d6z1. Exact time and date of earthquake 14/02/18 / 2018-02-14 15:13:22 / February 14, 2018 @ 3:13 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 143.15 km, 165.957° East, -10.6378° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 143.15 km (89 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 16 km (10 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 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 nineteen 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 16 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.957° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.6378° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.15 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16km ENE 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 2018-02-14 15:13:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-27 03:56:12 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 259 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 6.037 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 199 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 us2000d6z1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000d6z1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d6z1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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