M5.6 earthquake 139 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck 139 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands on Tue, Mar 9, 1976, 7:06 AM GMT+11 (20:06 UTC), 72 km (45 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 141 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.6 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-03-08 20:06:33 UTC
- Depth
- 72.0 km (44.7 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 11.846° S, 166.392° 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.
- Stations used
- 97
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0177 km NW of Sola, Vanuatu · 18449 days ago · 50 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.8141 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18443 days ago · 59 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8149 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 18403 days ago · 170 km deep · 17 km away
Before
Earthquakes todaySolomon Islands earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000fc7 (also filed as iscgem716369). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.