A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, 161.4515° East, -10.534° South, depth 81.598 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/25 / 2025-02-12 01:40:16 / February 12, 2025 @ 1:40 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 81.598 km (51 miles). Unique identifier: us7000pez7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pez7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 01:40:16 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Kirakira. Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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