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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Kirakira in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -11.0417S, 161.399WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 86 kilometers (53 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was detected at 15:40:47 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000ngzw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngzw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.819 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 15.819 km, 161.399° East, -11.0417° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/24 / 2024-09-28 15:40:47 / September 28, 2024 @ 3:40 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Earthquake epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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. 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: 86 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.399° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.0417° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.819 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 86 km SW 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 2024-09-28 15:40:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-28 16:00:01 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 86 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.14 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us7000ngzw Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngzw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngzw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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