Moderate earthquake: M5 quake has struck near Buala in Solomon Islands

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/03/25 / 2025-03-21 19:28:18 / March 21, 2025 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000plq1. Event ids that are associated: us7000plq1. The temblor was picked up at 19:28:18 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 159.4498 East, latitude -8.6885 South, depth = 10 km.

The epicenter was 99 km (62 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Honiara, Tulaghi, Buala. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 62 km SSW of Buala, Solomon Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	159.4498° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-8.6885° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	62 km SSW of Buala, 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	2025-03-21 19:28:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-21 19:54:25	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	385	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.893	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.7 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	102	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	us7000plq1	Id of event.
Event Code	7000plq1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000plq1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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