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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Gizo in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -9.5289S, 156.1752WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 173 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands (107 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000a3lf. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a3lf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.1752 East, latitude -9.5289 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 14:28:09 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/20 / 2020-05-24 14:28:09 / May 24, 2020 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 173 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 156.1752° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.5289° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 173 km SSW of Gizo, 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 2020-05-24 14:28:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-01 14:54:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 354 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 3.722 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.48 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 mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000a3lf Id of event.
Event Code 6000a3lf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a3lf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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