A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qvpc. Unique identifier: us6000qvpc. The temblor was picked up at 17:09:20 / 5:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 165.5544 East, latitude -10.9536 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 17:09:20 / July 15, 2025 @ 5:09 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 40 km (25 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lata.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 36 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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