M5.3 earthquake 34 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 34 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands on Sat, Apr 23, 1977, 12:20 AM GMT+11 (13:20 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.7 113 km SE of Honiara, 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
- 5.3 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-04-22 13:20:36 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.909° S, 159.944° E
- Region
- Solomon Islands
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.6 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.32 |
Did you feel it?
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
- 79
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 27 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.3102 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.139 km SSE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.9111 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 33 km deep · 85 km away
- 5.098 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.6114 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.260 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 26 km deep · 28 km away
- 5.057 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.0106 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 33 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.443 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 29 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.6112 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 33 km deep · 79 km away
- 4.7120 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.691 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 20 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.8Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 33 km deep · 91 km away
- 5.1113 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18055 days ago · 56 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.1Solomon Islands · 18054 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 5.591 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18051 days ago · 19 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.325 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18051 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.818 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18051 days ago · 41 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.142 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18050 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.776 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18048 days ago · 19 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.194 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18048 days ago · 55 km deep · 60 km away
- 5.155 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18045 days ago · 16 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.774 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18038 days ago · 18 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.7113 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18032 days ago · 33 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.078 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18024 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.7113 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18024 days ago · 33 km deep · 80 km away
- 5.79 km SSW of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18003 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 5.354 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 33 km deep · 25 km away
- 4.667 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 18 km deep · 36 km away
- 6.0112 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 51 km deep · 83 km away
- 5.145 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 22 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.796 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 33 km deep · 62 km away
- 5.4111 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 12 km deep · 81 km away
- 5.471 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 20 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.638 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 24 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.961 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 26 km deep · 38 km away
- 5.080 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.6127 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.0117 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 51 km deep · 92 km away
- 4.965 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 5.170 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.898 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 11 km deep · 85 km away
- 6.0123 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.768 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 41 km deep · 48 km away
- 5.0113 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 21 km deep · 96 km away
- 5.352 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18061 days ago · 31 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.7114 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18062 days ago · 45 km deep · 90 km away
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