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Strong earthquake, 6.9 mag was detected near Dadali in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on August 10, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -9.3806S, 157.9962WA earthquake magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 186 km SW of Dadali, Solomon Islands (116 miles). Global time and date of event 10/08/15 / 2015-08-10 04:12:14 / August 10, 2015 @ 4:12 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 15:12:14 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us100030pg. Event ids that are associated: pt15222050, at00nsumcg, us100030pg. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 157.9962° East, -9.3806° South. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Dadali in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 186 km SW of Dadali, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 157.9962° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.3806° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 186km SW of Dadali, 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 2015-08-10 04:12:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-10 04:32:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.58 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 1 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 733 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 ,pt,at,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.752 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 24 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwp The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100030pg Id of event.
Event Code 100030pg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt15222050,at00nsumcg,us100030pg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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