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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Kirakira in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.4049S, 161.3113WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 161.3113° East, -10.4049° South, depth 74.38 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 74.38 km (46 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 10/08/20 / 2020-08-10 22:39:06 / August 10, 2020 @ 10:39 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 22:39:06 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000bcbs. Unique identifier: us6000bcbs.

Event epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 66 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.3113° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.4049° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.38 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 66 km W 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 2020-08-10 22:39:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-10 23:39:21 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 1.651 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.59 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us6000bcbs Id of event.
Event Code 6000bcbs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bcbs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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