A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Malango in Solomon Islands. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:19:36 / 12:19 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q069. Id of event: us7000q069. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 29.255 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 159.7242° East, latitude -9.7493° South, depth = 29.255 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/05/25 / 2025-05-03 00:19:36 / May 3, 2025 @ 12:19 am.
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 43 km (27 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulaghi, Honiara (min 5000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 6 km S of Malango, Solomon Islands.
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