A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 161.8115 East, latitude -10.7414 South, depth = 47.42 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:46:40 / 9:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 47.42 km (29 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/06/25 / 2025-06-15 09:46:40 / June 15, 2025 @ 9:46 am. Id of earthquake: us6000qkf4. Event ids that are associated: us6000qkf4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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