A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Malango in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qazn. Unique identifier: us7000qazn. Exact location of event, longitude 160.0855 East, latitude -9.8533 South, depth = 15.699 km. Global time and date of event 06/07/25 / 2025-07-06 11:00:18 / July 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:00:18 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). 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 15.699 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulaghi, Honiara (min 5000 pop).
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 two and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 44 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands.
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