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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Kirakira in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on May 2, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.1104S, 160.9859WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 109 kilometers (68 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 15:45:32 / May 2, 2018 @ 3:45 pm. Exact location of event, depth 52.7 km, 160.9859° East, -10.1104° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000dvxz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dvxz. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 52.7 km (33 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 02:45:32 / 2:45 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Taro’a (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 101 km (63 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 109 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.9859° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.1104° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 52.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 109km 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 2018-05-02 15:45:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-02 16:04:19 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 416 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 10.856 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000dvxz Id of event.
Event Code 1000dvxz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dvxz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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