Magnitude 6.6 EarthQuake hits Solomon Islands

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Recently Magnitude 6.6 EarthQuake hits Solomon Islands. And Its a major quake than previous. The Magnitude happens 214km W of Lata, Solomon Islands away. In few minutes ago USGS reported there website the 'Preliminary Earthquake Report'

Preliminary Earthquake Report
Magnitude    6.6
Date-Time
  • 15 Aug 2015 07:47:06 UTC
  • 15 Aug 2015 18:47:07 near epicenter
  • 15 Aug 2015 01:47:06 standard time in your timezone
Location10.905S 163.877E
Depth6 km
Distances
  • 214 km (132 mi) W of Lata, Solomon Islands
  • 460 km (285 mi) ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands
  • 623 km (386 mi) NW of Luganville, Vanuatu
  • 894 km (554 mi) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu
  • 1054 km (653 mi) ESE of Arawa, Papua New Guinea
Location UncertaintyHorizontal: 7.7 km; Vertical 4.2 km
ParametersNph = 104; Dmin = 459.9 km; Rmss = 1.04 seconds; Gp = 22°
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Event IDus 100032k6

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