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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Kirakira in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on May 30, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -10.7522S, 162.5333WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 74 kilometers (46 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 82.015 km (51 miles). Exact location of event, depth 82.015 km, 162.5333° East, -10.7522° South. Id of earthquake: us6000qgtn. Event ids that are associated: us6000qgtn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/25 / 2025-05-30 04:52:29 / May 30, 2025 @ 4:52 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 04:52:29 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 74 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 162.5333° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.7522° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 82.015 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 74 km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-30 04:52:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-30 05:20:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 21 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.861 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000qgtn Id of event.
Event Code 6000qgtn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qgtn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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