A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 90 kilometers (56 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.588 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 51.588 km, 161.1338° East, -10.1947° South. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:20:45 / 10:20 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 10:20:45 / October 30, 2025 @ 10:20 am. Id of earthquake: us6000rkc8. Event ids that are associated: us6000rkc8.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 90 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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