| Date & time | Mar 18, 2023 10:05:20 UTC - |
| Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Mar 18, 2023 at 9:05 pm (GMT +11) |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Magnitude | 4.8 |
| Depth | 10.0 km |
| Epicenter latitude / longitude | 7.0637°S / 155.625°E  (Solomon Sea, Papua New Guinea) |
| Antipode | 7.064°N / 24.375°W |
| Shaking intensity | Moderate shaking near epicenter |
| Felt | 0 reports |
| Primary data source | USGS (United States Geological Survey) |
| Nearest volcano | Loloru (60 km / 37 mi) |
| Nearby towns and cities | 36 km (22 mi) S of Buin (pop: 750) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 85 km (53 mi) S of Panguna (pop: 2,920) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 93 km (58 mi) S of Arawa (pop: 40,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 177 km (110 mi) NW of Gizo (New Georgia Group, Solomon Islands) (pop: 6,150) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 479 km (298 mi) SE of Kokopo (pop: 26,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 498 km (310 mi) SE of Rabaul (pop: 8,070) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 971 km (603 mi) ENE of Port Moresby (pop: 283,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
| Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Light Rain  28°C (82 F), humidity: 76%, wind: 5 m/s (10 kts) from NE |
| Estimated seismic energy released | 1 x 1012 joules (278 megawatt hours, equivalent to 239 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
| Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
| 4.8 | 10 km | Solomon Islands: 84 Km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea | USGS |
| 4.8 | 8 km | SOLOMON ISLANDS | EMSC |
| 4.8 | 10 km | Solomon Islands | RaspberryShake |
| 4.8 | 10 km | Solomon Islands | IRIS |
