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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Kirakira in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on March 22, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.391S, 162.5047WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 121 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (75 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 50.79 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 01:52:58 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 162.5047° East, -11.391° South, depth 50.79 km. Id of earthquake: us1000jk9s. Event ids that are associated: us1000jk9s. Global time and date of event 22/03/19 / 2019-03-22 14:52:58 / March 22, 2019 @ 2:52 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 121 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 162.5047° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.391° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 50.79 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121km SSE 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 2019-03-22 14:52:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-03-22 15:11:07 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 3.536 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 449 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 3.176 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us1000jk9s Id of event.
Event Code 1000jk9s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000jk9s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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