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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 129 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -11.6745S, 166.4885WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 129 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (80 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/06/24 / 2024-06-29 01:02:16 / June 29, 2024 @ 1:02 am UTC/GMT. 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 01:02:16 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000mx8y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mx8y. The epicenter was at a depth of 238.517 km (148 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 166.4885 East, latitude -11.6745 South, depth = 238.517 km.

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 129 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information 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 166.4885° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.6745° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 238.517 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 129 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 2024-06-29 01:02:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-06 00:50:14 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 9.075 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 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 us7000mx8y Id of event.
Event Code 7000mx8y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mx8y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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