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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -11.8029S, 166.0345WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 122 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (76 miles) on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.0345 East, latitude -11.8029 South, depth = 59.462 km. The temblor was detected at 15:11:51 / 3:11 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/12/24 / 2024-12-20 15:11:51 / December 20, 2024 @ 3:11 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.462 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p0ck. Id of event: us7000p0ck.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 122 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 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.0345° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.8029° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.462 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 122 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 2024-12-20 15:11:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-20 16:24:23 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 340 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 62 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.428 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us7000p0ck Id of event.
Event Code 7000p0ck An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p0ck, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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