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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on September 5, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -12.0399S, 166.4298WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 161 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (100 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 166.4298° East, latitude -12.0399° South, depth = 10.289 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10.289 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nphw. Unique identifier: us6000nphw. Global time and date of event 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 15:24:52 / August 11, 2024 @ 3:24 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:24:52 / 3:24 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 161 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.4298° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.0399° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.289 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 161 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 2024-08-11 15:24:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-05 18:06:15 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 298 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.874 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 156 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 us6000nphw Id of event.
Event Code 6000nphw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nphw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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