M7.8 earthquake 146 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck 146 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands on Sun, Jan 1, 1967, 5:23 AM GMT+11 (18:23 UTC), 59 km (37 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.8 (Mw, moment), major
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1966-12-31 18:23:09 UTC
- Depth
- 59.0 km (36.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 11.866° S, 166.473° E
- Region
- Solomon Islands
- Strongest shaking
- VII, very strong shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Deaths and damage
From NOAA NCEI’s Significant Earthquake Database (record 4386), matched to this event by time and place.
NOAA’s record of this earthquake gives no deaths, injuries or damage.
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- VII, very strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 27.8% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 3.4 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
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
- ±0.40
- Depth from
- From location
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 4.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.7136 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 21824 days ago · 15 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.8162 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 21824 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 5.7182 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 21824 days ago · 17 km deep · 72 km away
- 6.0192 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 21823 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 5.9196 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 21822 days ago · 25 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.9133 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 21818 days ago · 45 km deep · 40 km away
- 5.7190 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 21817 days ago · 15 km deep · 46 km away
- 5.9150 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 21806 days ago · 140 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem841173 (also filed as atlas19661231182311). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 1:11 PM UTC.