Solomon Islands earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 7 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands on Thu, Apr 21, 1977, 2:44 PM GMT+11 (03:44 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.7 9 km SSW of Malango, Solomon Islands. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1977-04-21 03:44:30 UTC
Depth
33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
9.745° S, 159.767° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used
16

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 5.128 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 27 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.957 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 34 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 5.352 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 31 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 4.768 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 41 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 5.170 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 20 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 4.965 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 5.080 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 4.961 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 26 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 4.638 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 24 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 5.471 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 4.796 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 33 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 5.145 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 4.667 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 18 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 5.354 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 5.334 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 5.139 km SSE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 20 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 5.098 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 5.260 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 26 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 5.057 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 5.443 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 29 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 4.691 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 20 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 5.1Solomon Islands · 18054 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 5.591 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18052 days ago · 19 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 4.325 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18052 days ago · 33 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 4.818 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18052 days ago · 41 km deep · 13 km away
  26. 5.142 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18051 days ago · 33 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 4.776 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18048 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  28. 4.194 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18048 days ago · 55 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 5.155 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18046 days ago · 16 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 4.774 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18039 days ago · 18 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 5.382 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18026 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 5.078 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18025 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 5.79 km SSW of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18004 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away

Before

  1. 5.255 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 5.459 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 22 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 4.929 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
  4. 5.221 km N of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 5.168 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 33 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 5.533 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 32 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 5.550 km SSE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 32 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 5.549 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 6.133 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 33 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 5.756 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 33 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 7.566 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
  12. 5.988 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 6.759 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18063 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away

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