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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -11.5147S, 166.0534WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 91 kilometers (57 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 86.836 km (54 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:49:50 / 6:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 86.836 km, 166.0534° East, -11.5147° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/10/24 / 2024-10-30 18:49:50 / October 30, 2024 @ 6:49 pm. Id of earthquake: us7000np2k. Event ids that are associated: us7000np2k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 92 km (57 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 91 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This information 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 166.0534° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.5147° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 86.836 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91 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 2024-10-30 18:49:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-30 21:29:11 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.349 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 98 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 us7000np2k Id of event.
Event Code 7000np2k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np2k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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