A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/04/25 / 2025-04-27 01:00:51 / April 27, 2025 @ 1:00 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:00:51 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 166.1993 East, latitude -10.9271 South, depth = 170.27 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyzw. Id of event: us7000pyzw. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 170.27 km (106 miles).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 49 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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