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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on May 19, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.2308S, 164.8777WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 114 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands (71 miles) on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:26:32 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 164.8777° East, -10.2308° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 11/05/24 / 2024-05-11 00:26:32 / May 11, 2024 @ 12:26 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000mxv9. Event ids that are associated: us6000mxv9.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each 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.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 114 km WNW of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 164.8777° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.2308° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 114 km WNW 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 2024-05-11 00:26:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-11 00:50:20 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.922 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.54 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 245 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 us6000mxv9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxv9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxv9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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