A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Kirakira in Solomon Islands. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ri6i. Id of event: us6000ri6i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.613 km (61 miles). The temblor was detected at 17:14:21 / 5:14 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/10/25 / 2025-10-19 17:14:21 / October 19, 2025 @ 5:14 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 161.5436 East, latitude -10.5246 South, depth = 97.613 km.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kirakira (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Solomon Islands (c. 559 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Kirakira (c. 1 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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: 41 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands.

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