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Strong earthquake, 6 mag has occurred near Lata in Solomon Islands

Posted by admin on October 25, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -12.4143S, 166.389WA earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 197 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands (122 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000rjhm. Event ids that are associated: us6000rjhm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 166.389 East, latitude -12.4143 South, depth = 54.442 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/10/25 / 2025-10-25 23:28:04 / October 25, 2025 @ 11:28 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 54.442 km (34 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 23:28:04 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ninety-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 197 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 166.389° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -12.4143° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 54.442 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 197 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 2025-10-25 23:28:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-25 23:49:29 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 4.368 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 554 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 64 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.982 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 us6000rjhm Id of event.
Event Code 6000rjhm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rjhm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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