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Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag strikes near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on September 28, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -11.5584S, 166.3016WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 107 kilometers (66 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Exact location of event, longitude 166.3016 East, latitude -11.5584 South, depth = 77.046 km. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:41:24 / 6:41 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/09/25 / 2025-09-28 18:41:24 / September 28, 2025 @ 6:41 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 77.046 km (48 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rdgx. Event ids that are associated: us6000rdgx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 107 km (66 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 107 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.3016° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -11.5584° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.046 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 107 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-09-28 18:41:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-28 19:00:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 416 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.594 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rdgx Id of event.
Event Code 6000rdgx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rdgx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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