A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. Id of earthquake: us7000qvra. Event ids that are associated: us7000qvra. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/09/25 / 2025-09-12 17:29:41 / September 12, 2025 @ 5:29 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 17:29:41 / 5:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 165.1782 East, latitude -10.655 South, depth = 35 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).

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 twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 68 km W of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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