A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/10/25 / 2025-10-03 14:51:21 / October 3, 2025 @ 2:51 pm. Exact location, longitude 159.6151° East, latitude -9.3275° South, depth = 48.813 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.813 km (30 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 14:51:21 / 2:51 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rj43. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rj43.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tulaghi, Honiara (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 38 km WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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