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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Gizo in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -9.4308S, 156.0116WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was reported 172 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands (107 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/20 / 2020-06-20 15:45:10 / June 20, 2020 @ 3:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:45:10 / 3:45 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14.34 km (9 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.0116 East, latitude -9.4308 South, depth = 14.34 km. Unique identifier: us6000afh1. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000afh1.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 172 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 156.0116° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.4308° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 172 km SSW 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 2020-06-20 15:45:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-20 16:03:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 416 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 3.883 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 45 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000afh1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000afh1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000afh1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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