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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 61 km WSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -8.2653S, 156.3045WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Gizo in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 40.67 km (25 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 156.3045° East, -8.2653° South, depth 40.67 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000desb. Unique identifier: us6000desb. The temblor was detected at 15:39:44 / 3:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/01/21 / 2021-01-30 15:39:44 / January 30, 2021 @ 3:39 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gizo (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (38 miles) from Gizo (c. 6 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 61 km WSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 156.3045° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -8.2653° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 40.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 61 km WSW 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 2021-01-30 15:39:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-06 20:38:43 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 312 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 3.784 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.05 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us6000desb Id of event.
Event Code 6000desb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000desb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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