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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 91 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.7143S, 164.9628WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 91 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands (57 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 164.9628 East, latitude -10.7143 South, depth = 68.61 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 68.61 km (43 miles). Unique identifier: us7000bh2r. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000bh2r. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/08/20 / 2020-08-29 01:54:59 / August 29, 2020 @ 1:54 am. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:54:59 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter).

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 one and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 91 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 164.9628° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.7143° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 68.61 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km W 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 2020-08-29 01:54:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-03 21:30:06 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 271 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 5.098 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 88 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 us7000bh2r Id of event.
Event Code 7000bh2r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bh2r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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