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Strong earthquake, 6.6 mag has occurred near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on August 15, 2015 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.9045S, 163.8766WA earthquake with magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 214 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands (133 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.35 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Lata in Solomon Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us100032k6. Ids that are associated to the event: at00nt45mm, pt15227050, us100032k6. Exact location of earthquake, 163.8766° East, -10.9045° South, depth 6.35 km. Global time and date of event 15/08/15 / 2015-08-15 07:47:06 / August 15, 2015 @ 7:47 am UTC/GMT. The 6.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:47:06 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter).

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 sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 214 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 163.8766° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.9045° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 214km W 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 2015-08-15 07:47:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-15 08:11:25 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 3.99 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 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 670 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 4.133 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 22 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 us100032k6 Id of event.
Event Code 100032k6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nt45mm,pt15227050,us100032k6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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