A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 114.534 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/06/25 / 2025-06-13 02:33:31 / June 13, 2025 @ 2:33 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qk0f. Unique identifier: us6000qk0f. Exact location, longitude 161.2219° East, latitude -10.1852° South, depth = 114.534 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:33:31 / 2:33 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearby 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 two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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