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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -11.64S, 166.3876WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 120 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (75 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 74.116 km (46 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/12/24 / 2024-12-07 07:58:34 / December 7, 2024 @ 7:58 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:58:34 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.3876 East, latitude -11.64 South, depth = 74.116 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p02t. Unique identifier: us7000p02t.

In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 120 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.3876° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.64° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 74.116 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 120 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 2024-12-07 07:58:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-25 13:04:37 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 284 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.866 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.96 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 204 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 us7000p02t Id of event.
Event Code 7000p02t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p02t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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