Moderate earthquake 5.3 mag, 98 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 98 kilometers (61 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event id: us7000pche. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pche. Exact location, longitude 161.0796° East, latitude -10.145° South, depth = 43.735 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 43.735 km (27 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/02/25 / 2025-02-09 14:32:38 / February 9, 2025 @ 2:32 pm. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:32:38 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Taro’a, Kirakira.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 98 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	161.0796° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-10.145° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	43.735 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	98 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	2025-02-09 14:32:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-09 14:52:02	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	432	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	44	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.318	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	76	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	us7000pche	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pche	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pche,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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