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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on August 30, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.6637S, 166.2191WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 113 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (70 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 14:58:50 / August 30, 2025 @ 2:58 pm. The temblor was picked up at 14:58:50 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us7000qskb. Unique identifier: us7000qskb. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.278 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 166.2191 East, latitude -11.6637 South, depth = 56.278 km.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.2191° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.6637° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.278 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 113 km SSE of Lata, 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 2025-08-30 14:58:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-30 15:16:05 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 400 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 35 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.88 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 145 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 us7000qskb Id of event.
Event Code 7000qskb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qskb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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