A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 105 kilometers (65 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The temblor was picked up at 01:58:41 / 1:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 162.6867 East, latitude -11.041 South, depth = 35 km. Event id: us7000q8be. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q8be. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 01:58:41 / June 24, 2025 @ 1:58 am.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 106 km (66 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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