A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 03:24:51 / July 15, 2025 @ 3:24 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67.9 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qvns. Id of event: us6000qvns. The temblor was reported at 03:24:51 / 3:24 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 67.9 km, 161.5426° East, -10.375° South.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira. Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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