A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 117 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands (73 miles). Exact location, longitude 160.9603° East, latitude -10.9261° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 22:53:08 / 10:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rcfh. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rcfh. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/09/25 / 2025-09-23 22:53:08 / September 23, 2025 @ 10:53 pm.

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 117 km WSW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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