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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Kirakira in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.3304S, 161.5904WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Unique identifier: us6000qlxm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qlxm. Exact location of event, depth 78.273 km, 161.5904° East, -10.3304° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/06/25 / 2025-06-23 10:41:45 / June 23, 2025 @ 10:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 78.273 km (49 miles). The temblor was reported at 10:41:45 / 10:41 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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: 38 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.5904° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.3304° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 78.273 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km WNW 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 2025-06-23 10:41:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-23 11:07:09 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 298 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 1.846 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us6000qlxm Id of event.
Event Code 6000qlxm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qlxm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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