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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -11.4513S, 166.1939WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000mt0h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mt0h. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/06/24 / 2024-06-17 14:09:45 / June 17, 2024 @ 2:09 pm. The temblor was reported at 14:09:45 / 2:09 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 59.857 km (37 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.1939 East, latitude -11.4513 South, depth = 59.857 km.

The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 91 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.1939° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.4513° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.857 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 km SSE 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 2024-06-17 14:09:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-06-17 14:32:49 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 482 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 109 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.461 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.99 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 20 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mt0h Id of event.
Event Code 7000mt0h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mt0h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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