M6.2 earthquake 197 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck 197 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands on Thu, Jul 19, 1934, 11:06 AM GMT+11 (00:06 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.0 165 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.2 (Mw, moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1934-07-19 00:06:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 12.507° S, 165.944° E
- Region
- Solomon Islands
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- From location
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.2 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 7.0165 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 33680 days ago · 15 km deep · 67 km away
- 6.0111 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 33672 days ago · 15 km deep · 96 km away
- 6.8173 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 33662 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem905048. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 4:56 PM UTC.