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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Honiara in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on February 21, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.1223S, 160.4153WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/01/20 / 2020-01-24 20:48:03 / January 24, 2020 @ 8:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:48:03 / 7:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60007pjj. Id of event: us60007pjj. Exact location, longitude 160.4153° East, latitude -10.1223° South, depth = 10 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Honiara. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km SSE of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 160.4153° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.1223° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km SSE 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 2020-01-24 20:48:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-21 20:40:31 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 284 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 0.821 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 102 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 us60007pjj Id of event.
Event Code 60007pjj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007pjj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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