A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 81 kilometers (50 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, depth 21.991 km, 160.4921° East, -9.9409° South. The temblor was reported at 22:37:50 / 10:37 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: us6000q56q. Unique identifier: us6000q56q. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.991 km (14 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/03/25 / 2025-03-31 22:37:50 / March 31, 2025 @ 10:37 pm.
The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Honiara (min 5000 pop).
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 three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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