A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Buala in Solomon Islands on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/08/25 / 2025-08-04 03:54:13 / August 4, 2025 @ 3:54 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 159.8751 East, latitude -8.453 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000qxzt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qxzt. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:54:13 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Auki, Tulaghi, Buala (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 98 km (61 miles) from Auki (c. 6 800 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Buala (c. 2 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tulaghi (c. 1 800 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 46 km SE of Buala, Solomon Islands.

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