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Moderate earthquake: M5.6 quake has struck near Gizo in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -9.6388S, 154.9848WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 265 km SW of Gizo, Solomon Islands (165 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/07/20 / 2020-07-04 01:34:44 / July 4, 2020 @ 1:34 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ahpd. Unique identifier: us7000ahpd. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 154.9848 East, latitude -9.6388 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:34:44 / 1:34 am (local time epicenter).

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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 265 km SW of Gizo, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 154.9848° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -9.6388° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 265 km SW 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 2020-07-04 01:34:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-04 01:55:07 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 0 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 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 482 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 4.898 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 51 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 us7000ahpd Id of event.
Event Code 7000ahpd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ahpd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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