A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 99 kilometers (62 miles) from Lata in Solomon Islands. 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: 30/08/25 / 2025-08-30 20:09:26 / August 30, 2025 @ 8:09 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 51.899 km (32 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qsly. Id of event: us7000qsly. Exact location of earthquake, 166.3239° East, -11.4554° South, depth 51.899 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:09:26 / 8:09 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lata. Close country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 98 km (61 miles) from Lata (c. 600 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 99 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands.

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