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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Kirakira in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.3925S, 161.0208WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 161.0208 East, latitude -10.3925 South, depth = 33.85 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20008hlj. Unique identifier: us20008hlj. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:12:09 / 3:12 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.85 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/02/17 / 2017-02-04 04:12:09 / February 4, 2017 @ 4:12 am UTC/GMT.

Event epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days two hundred and thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 98 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information 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 161.0208° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.3925° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 98km W of Kirakira, 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 2017-02-04 04:12:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-02-04 04:30:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.42 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us20008hlj Id of event.
Event Code 20008hlj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20008hlj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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