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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Kirakira in Solomon Islands


Earthquake location -10.2833S, 161.181WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 83 kilometers (52 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Exact location, longitude 161.181° East, latitude -10.2833° South, depth = 56.272 km. Unique identifier: us6000rp6a. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rp6a. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/11/25 / 2025-11-19 17:15:10 / November 19, 2025 @ 5:15 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 56.272 km (35 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:15:10 / 5:15 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 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 three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 83 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 161.181° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -10.2833° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 56.272 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 83 km WNW of Kirakira, 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 2025-11-19 17:15:10 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-19 18:24:38 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 259 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 24 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.477 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000rp6a Id of event.
Event Code 6000rp6a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rp6a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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