A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Malango in Solomon Islands on Thursday. Global time and date of event 01/05/25 / 2025-05-01 06:04:31 / May 1, 2025 @ 6:04 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000pwb3. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pwb3. The temblor was picked up at 06:04:31 / 6:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.6111 East, latitude -9.5409 South, depth = 41.946 km. 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 41.946 km (26 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulaghi, Honiara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).
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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km NW of Malango, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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