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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Lata in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -11.9671S, 166.9802WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 186 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands (116 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006t7r. Id of event: us60006t7r. The epicenter was at a depth of 239.53 km (149 miles). The temblor was picked up at 18:04:39 / 6:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/19 / 2019-12-09 07:04:39 / December 9, 2019 @ 7:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 239.53 km, 166.9802° East, -11.9671° South.

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 186 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.9802° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.9671° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 239.53 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 186km SE 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 2019-12-09 07:04:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-06 08:36:34 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 284 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 3.466 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 133 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 us60006t7r Id of event.
Event Code 60006t7r An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006t7r, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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