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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 190 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -12.2338S, 166.6405WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 190 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (118 miles) on Saturday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/07/24 / 2024-07-20 17:41:57 / July 20, 2024 @ 5:41 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 129.818 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:41:57 / 5:41 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n0i2. Id of event: us7000n0i2. Exact location of event, depth 129.818 km, 166.6405° East, -12.2338° South.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixteen 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 190 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.6405° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.2338° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.818 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 190 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 2024-07-20 17:41:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-20 18:01:06 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 385 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 105 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.137 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us7000n0i2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000n0i2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n0i2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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