A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:00:23 / 10:00 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.911 km (32 miles). Exact location, longitude 162.4478° East, latitude -10.5397° South, depth = 50.911 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 22:00:23 / April 6, 2025 @ 10:00 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000q4fn. Event ids that are associated: us6000q4fn.
Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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