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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.727S, 165.806WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 165.806° East, -10.727° South, depth 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/19 / 2019-08-10 04:47:44 / August 10, 2019 @ 4:47 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:47:44 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000560h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000560h.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 3 km (2 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-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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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 165.806° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.727° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km WSW 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 2019-08-10 04:47:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-17 03:15:16 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 298 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 4.885 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 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 us6000560h Id of event.
Event Code 6000560h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000560h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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