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


Earthquake location -11.796S, 166.783WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 158 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (98 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:17:40 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us600084ps. Event ids that are associated: us600084ps. Exact location of earthquake, 166.783° East, -11.796° South, depth 210.05 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/02/20 / 2020-02-21 00:17:40 / February 21, 2020 @ 12:17 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 210.05 km (131 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 158 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.783° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.796° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 210.05 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 158km SE 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 2020-02-21 00:17:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-02-28 03:47:21 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 9.704 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 146 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 us600084ps Id of event.
Event Code 600084ps An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600084ps, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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