A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Malango in Solomon Islands on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.297 km (7 miles). The temblor was detected at 07:58:00 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 159.5362° East, latitude -9.686° South, depth = 11.297 km. Unique identifier: us6000quf0. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000quf0. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/07/25 / 2025-07-11 07:58:00 / July 11, 2025 @ 7:58 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 53 km (33 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Honiara (min 5000 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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 19 km W of Malango, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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