Light earthquake, 4.7 mag has occurred near Honiara in Solomon Islands

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 96 kilometers (60 miles) from Honiara in Solomon Islands. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.163 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:53:13 / 5:53 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000pz2c. Event ids that are associated: us6000pz2c. Exact location of event, longitude 160.7186 East, latitude -9.8584 South, depth = 9.163 km. Global time and date of event 15/03/25 / 2025-03-15 17:53:13 / March 15, 2025 @ 5:53 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Honiara, Taro’a (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Taro’a (c. 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 96 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	160.7186° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-9.8584° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.163 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	96 km ESE of Honiara, 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	2025-03-15 17:53:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-15 18:29:09	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	340	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	48	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.867	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	105	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	us6000pz2c	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pz2c	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pz2c,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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