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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Gizo in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -7.3269S, 156.0969WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 118 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands (73 miles) on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 82.418 km (51 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 156.0969 East, latitude -7.3269 South, depth = 82.418 km. Global time and date of event 07/01/25 / 2025-01-07 19:28:20 / January 7, 2025 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pkrj. Id of event: us6000pkrj. The temblor was reported at 19:28:20 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 118 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 156.0969° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -7.3269° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.418 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 118 km NW 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 2025-01-07 19:28:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-20 21:36:34 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 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 4.349 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 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 us6000pkrj Id of event.
Event Code 6000pkrj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pkrj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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