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


Earthquake location -10.274S, 161.5693WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/20 / 2020-10-25 11:04:46 / October 25, 2020 @ 11:04 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 71.58 km (44 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 161.5693° East, latitude -10.274° South, depth = 71.58 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:04:46 / 11:04 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000ccxw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ccxw.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. 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: 43 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.5693° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.274° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 71.58 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 43 km WNW of Kirakira, 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 2020-10-25 11:04:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-25 11:21:35 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 1.8 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.09 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us6000ccxw Id of event.
Event Code 6000ccxw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ccxw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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