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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag has occurred near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on June 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.3591S, 166.3602WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 146.449 km (91 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/06/24 / 2024-06-16 07:27:45 / June 16, 2024 @ 7:27 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 166.3602° East, -11.3591° South, depth 146.449 km. The temblor was detected at 07:27:45 / 7:27 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mss8. Event ids that are associated: us7000mss8.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 93 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.3602° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.3591° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 146.449 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km SE 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 2024-06-16 07:27:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-16 07:45:53 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 326 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.59 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.33 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us7000mss8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mss8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mss8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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