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Very strong mag. 6.0 Earthquake - Coral Sea, 143 km southeast of Uki Ni Massi Island, Solomon Islands​

Feb 21, 2026 16:42:07 UTC - 54 minutes ago

Sunday, Feb 22, 2026, at 03:42 am (GMT +11)

confirmed (manually revised)

6.0

10 km

11.3339°S / 162.3952°E Solomon Islands

11.3339°N / 17.605°W Guinea-Bissau

150 seismic stations

VI Strong shaking near epicenter

0 reports

USGS (United States Geological Survey)

Overcast Clouds 28.1°C (83 F), humidity: 78%, wind: 3 m/s (6 kts) from NNE

6.3 x 1013 joules (17.5 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 15080 tons of TNT or 0.9 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.0​ | about seismic energy

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WORLDWIDE EARTHQUAKE REPORT FEBRUARY 21, 2026

A very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in the Coral Sea near the coast of Solomon Islands.​

M 6.0 - 110 km SSE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands
2026-02-21 16:42:07 (UTC)
11.334°S 162.395°E. 10.0 km depth
USGS earthquake alert

Before this earthquake, seismic activity was at low levels with one strong earthquake in Papua New Guinea (M5.7)

The M6.0 earthquake occurred after lunar geometries involving Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune.