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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on July 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.9386S, 165.9009WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:51:54 / 3:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 165.9009° East, -10.9386° South, depth 77.31 km. Unique identifier: us7000mzd8. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000mzd8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/07/24 / 2024-07-07 03:51:54 / July 7, 2024 @ 3:51 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 77.31 km (48 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).

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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 26 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.9009° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.9386° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.31 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 26 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 2024-07-07 03:51:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-17 23:37:04 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 6.047 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 134 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 us7000mzd8 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mzd8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mzd8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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