A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 161.3898° East, latitude -10.3764° South, depth = 65.873 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:41:00 / 12:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/25 / 2025-07-12 12:41:00 / July 12, 2025 @ 12:41 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 65.873 km (41 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000quml. Unique identifier: us6000quml.
Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 58 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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