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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Buala in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -8.6213S, 158.8956WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 93 kilometers (58 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands. Exact location of earthquake, 158.8956° East, -8.6213° South, depth 159.21 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 15:04:53 / 3:04 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 159.21 km (99 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/07/20 / 2020-07-28 15:04:53 / July 28, 2020 @ 3:04 pm. Event id: us6000b8s8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b8s8.

Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 93 km (58 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Buala.

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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 93 km SW of Buala, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.8956° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.6213° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 159.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 93 km SW of Buala, 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 2020-07-28 15:04:53 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-03 19:13:40 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 271 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 1.318 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 91 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 us6000b8s8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000b8s8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b8s8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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