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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -12.029S, 166.5218WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 164 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (102 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: us7000nu9j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nu9j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 138.042 km (86 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 166.5218 East, latitude -12.029 South, depth = 138.042 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/11/24 / 2024-11-26 15:34:29 / November 26, 2024 @ 3:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 15:34:29 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 164 km SSE 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 166.5218° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.029° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 138.042 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 164 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 2024-11-26 15:34:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-26 17:56:47 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 47 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.461 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 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 us7000nu9j Id of event.
Event Code 7000nu9j An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nu9j, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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