A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qy0x. Unique identifier: us6000qy0x. The temblor was picked up at 09:26:02 / 9:26 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 56.842 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 162.3937° East, -10.4872° South, depth 56.842 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 09:26:02 / August 4, 2025 @ 9:26 am UTC/GMT.
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). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 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 thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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: 51 km E of Kirakira, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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