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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Kirakira in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.8646S, 162.2081WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Thursday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 97.936 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 00:08:33 / May 2, 2024 @ 12:08 am. Exact location of event, longitude 162.2081 East, latitude -10.8646 South, depth = 97.936 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:08:33 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000mvk7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000mvk7.

Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

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 four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 55 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 162.2081° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.8646° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.936 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55 km SE 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 2024-05-02 00:08:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-02 00:30:35 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 312 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.638 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 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 us6000mvk7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mvk7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvk7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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