Earthquake Solomon Islands

Name: Earthquake Solomon Islands (5.3 M)
Start: 1970-01-21T13:54:20.597Z
Location: Solomon Islands

Wed, 06 May 2026 09:43:17 GMT

Time3 days ago

Location

-5.6879, 154.5188

Depth

159.4 KM

Event Summary

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck on Solomon Islands, at Wed, 06 May 2026 09:43:17 GMT. Depth: 159.423828125km. Reviewed by VYT seismologists, this moderate quake occurred at a magnitude type of M.

Magnitude

5.3

Source

VYT

Intensity

III

Agency Reports

4 Sources

Source	Magnitude	Depth	Time
VYTPrimary	5.3	159 km	3 days ago
USGS	5.2	104 km	3 days ago
NEIC	5.2	104 km	3 days ago
EMSC	5.2	105 km	3 days ago

Earthquake Details

Automatic

Event IDvyt_1fqwxa9lp0vsl

QualityA

Tsunami PotentialNo

Magnitude TypeM

Last Update3 days ago

Used Stations65

Total Stations311

Nearest Places

Possibly felt by: 13.7K

IIIBuka
33.0 km
IIPanguna
127.7 km
2.9K people
IIArawa
130.6 km
40.3K people
IIKieta
136.4 km
3.6K people
IITaro
236.8 km
IKokopo
290.6 km
26.3K people
IRabaul
309.0 km
8.1K people
IGizo
371.3 km
7.2K people

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Earthquake Solomon Islands

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