A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 84 kilometers (52 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 46.839 km (29 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:04:20 / 7:04 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/02/25 / 2025-02-06 19:04:20 / February 6, 2025 @ 7:04 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 161.1782 East, latitude -10.2469 South, depth = 46.839 km. Unique identifier: us7000pdng. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pdng.
Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 84 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
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