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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Kirakira in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on September 18, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.3383S, 162.4637WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 114 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (71 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 162.4637° East, -11.3383° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndbk. Id of event: us7000ndbk. Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/24 / 2024-08-20 15:10:14 / August 20, 2024 @ 3:10 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:10:14 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 114 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 162.4637° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.3383° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 114 km SSE of Kirakira, 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 2024-08-20 15:10:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-18 17:35:16 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.113 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 78 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ndbk Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndbk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndbk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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