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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -12.0226S, 166.0929WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 147 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (91 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.0929 East, latitude -12.0226 South, depth = 39.342 km. The temblor was picked up at 16:44:03 / 4:44 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us7000nxwu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nxwu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/12/24 / 2024-12-11 16:44:03 / December 11, 2024 @ 4:44 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 39.342 km (24 miles).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 147 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 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.0929° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.0226° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 39.342 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 147 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 2024-12-11 16:44:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-11 17:03:43 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 3.908 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 449 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.571 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us7000nxwu Id of event.
Event Code 7000nxwu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nxwu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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