M5.4 earthquake 43 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck 43 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands on Sun, Apr 24, 1977, 5:28 PM GMT+11 (06:28 UTC), 29 km (18 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
- 5.4 (mb, body-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-04-24 06:28:52 UTC
- Depth
- 29.0 km (18.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 9.873° S, 160.070° 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | mb, body-wave | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 5.71 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.2 |
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
- 72
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.6112 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 4.7120 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 15 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.2Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.691 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 20 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.8Solomon Islands · 18056 days ago · 33 km deep · 77 km away
- 5.1113 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18054 days ago · 56 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.1Solomon Islands · 18053 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.1125 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18052 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
- 5.591 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18051 days ago · 19 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.325 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18050 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.818 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18050 days ago · 41 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.142 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18049 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 4.776 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18047 days ago · 19 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.194 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18047 days ago · 55 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.155 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18045 days ago · 16 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.774 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18037 days ago · 18 km deep · 39 km away
- 5.7113 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18031 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.078 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18023 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.7113 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18023 days ago · 33 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.79 km SSW of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18002 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
Before
- 5.0106 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 33 km deep · 75 km away
- 5.057 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.260 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 26 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.6114 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 18 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.098 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.9111 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 33 km deep · 74 km away
- 5.139 km SSE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 20 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.5115 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.3102 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 25 km deep · 67 km away
- 5.334 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 5.354 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18059 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.1119 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 19 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.667 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away
- 6.0112 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 51 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.145 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.796 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 5.4111 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 5.471 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 20 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.6120 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.638 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18060 days ago · 24 km deep · 5 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000nky (also filed as iscgem700265). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC.