A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/10/25 / 2025-10-23 08:17:24 / October 23, 2025 @ 8:17 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 71.837 km, 165.9331° East, -10.9716° South. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:17:24 / 8:17 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 71.837 km (45 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us6000rmzw. Event ids that are associated: us6000rmzw.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-nine 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 31 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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