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


Earthquake location -10.6663S, 165.9743WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 27/08/24 / 2024-08-27 18:33:54 / August 27, 2024 @ 6:33 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 139.885 km, 165.9743° East, -10.6663° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 139.885 km (87 miles). Unique identifier: us7000ngd3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngd3. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:33:54 / 6:33 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Epicenter of the event was 16 km (10 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen 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: 20 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.9743° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.6663° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 139.885 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km ENE 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 2024-08-27 18:33:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-25 21:47:02 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.059 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 140 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 us7000ngd3 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngd3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngd3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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