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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag was detected near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on October 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -12.0308S, 166.4903WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 163 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (101 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:48:19 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 14/10/25 / 2025-10-14 20:48:19 / October 14, 2025 @ 8:48 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rh6m. Id of event: us6000rh6m. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152.462 km (95 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 166.4903 East, latitude -12.0308 South, depth = 152.462 km.

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

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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: 163 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.4903° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.0308° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 152.462 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 163 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 2025-10-14 20:48:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-14 21:34:39 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 369 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 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.926 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 76 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 us6000rh6m Id of event.
Event Code 6000rh6m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rh6m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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