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Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 47 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.7908S, 166.2272WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:53:25 / 2:53 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 199.809 km (124 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.2272 East, latitude -10.7908 South, depth = 199.809 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nqh7. Unique identifier: us6000nqh7. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/09/24 / 2024-09-08 14:53:25 / September 8, 2024 @ 2:53 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquake epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum 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 two and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 47 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.2272° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.7908° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 199.809 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km E 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 2024-09-08 14:53:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-08 15:06:46 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 432 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.327 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us6000nqh7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nqh7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nqh7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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