A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Event id: us6000qkew. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qkew. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:40:33 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 114.199 km (71 miles). Exact location of event, depth 114.199 km, 166.119° East, -10.9394° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/06/25 / 2025-06-15 08:40:33 / June 15, 2025 @ 8:40 am.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Epicenter of the event was 40 km (25 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 42 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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