LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
84 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 84 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands on 23 Aug 2026, 11:11 UTC. The hypocentre was 63.8 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 1 other earthquake above our reporting threshold has been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 63.8 km
- Latitude
- 10.15°S
- Time
- 11:11 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.5
shallow
161.21°E longitude
23 Aug 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.5
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 180 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 85 tonnes of TNT.
63.8 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
1 earthquake above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 4.9.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
02 Nov 2026, 05:19 UTC · 87.9 km deep
02 Nov 2026, 04:45 UTC · 10 km deep
02 Nov 2026, 04:28 UTC · 580.9 km deep
02 Nov 2026, 01:54 UTC · 510.1 km deep