A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Malango in Solomon Islands on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 04/05/25 / 2025-05-04 11:50:04 / May 4, 2025 @ 11:50 am. The temblor was picked up at 11:50:04 / 11:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 160.212 East, latitude -10.1113 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000px2i. Id of event: us7000px2i. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Honiara. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Honiara (c. 56 300 pop). Nearby country/countries, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. 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: 71 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands.

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