A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Id of earthquake: us7000q07v. Event ids that are associated: us7000q07v. Exact location of event, longitude 166.1754 East, latitude -10.6832 South, depth = 172.885 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 172.885 km (107 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:44:33 / 7:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/05/25 / 2025-05-19 19:44:33 / May 19, 2025 @ 7:44 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 38 km (23 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 41 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands.
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