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Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag was detected near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on May 12, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -12.1059S, 166.5694WA earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) strikes 173 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (107 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/05/20 / 2020-05-12 22:41:12 / May 12, 2020 @ 10:41 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112.36 km (70 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 09:41:12 / 9:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Lata in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.5694 East, latitude -12.1059 South, depth = 112.36 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt20133000, at00qa8poq, us70009f12. Id of event: us70009f12.

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 173 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.5694° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.1059° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 112.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 173km SSE 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 2020-05-12 22:41:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-12 22:56:56 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 1 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 670 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 ,pt,at,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 3.377 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.39 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 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 us70009f12 Id of event.
Event Code 70009f12 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20133000,at00qa8poq,us70009f12, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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