A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 64 kilometers (40 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands. Unique identifier: us6000q3qr. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q3qr. The epicenter was at a depth of 12.946 km (8 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 159.2994° East, -8.6542° South, depth 12.946 km. The temblor was detected at 04:21:31 / 4:21 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 25/03/25 / 2025-03-25 04:21:31 / March 25, 2025 @ 4:21 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buala (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 64 km SSW of Buala, Solomon Islands.
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