A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 161.3373° East, latitude -10.8651° South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/06/25 / 2025-06-16 09:09:52 / June 16, 2025 @ 9:09 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:09:52 / 9:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q9kv. Unique identifier: us7000q9kv.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 78 km (49 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 78 km SW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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