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Strong earthquake, 6.4 mag strikes near Gizo in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on August 12, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -9.3195S, 157.9337WA earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was reported 180 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands (112 miles) on Thursday. Global time and date of event 12/08/15 / 2015-08-12 18:49:23 / August 12, 2015 @ 6:49 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Gizo in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 157.9337 East, latitude -9.3195 South, depth = 5 km. The temblor was reported at 05:49:23 / 5:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Id of earthquake: us100031me. Event ids that are associated: at00nszga9, pt15224050, us100031me.

Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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: 180 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 157.9337° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.3195° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 180km SE of Gizo, 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 2015-08-12 18:49:23 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-12 19:12:01 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.69 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 630 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 ,at,pt,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 1.99 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 20 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us100031me Id of event.
Event Code 100031me An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nszga9,pt15224050,us100031me, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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