M4.1 earthquake 94 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck 94 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands on Thu, May 5, 1977, 4:44 PM GMT+11 (05:44 UTC), 55 km (34 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 86 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
- 4.1 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1977-05-05 05:44:01 UTC
- Depth
- 55.0 km (34.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.216° S, 160.395° 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
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.155 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18044 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.798 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18041 days ago · 46 km deep · 71 km away
- 5.2109 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18039 days ago · 51 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.774 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18036 days ago · 18 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.182 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18035 days ago · 85 km deep · 86 km away
- 5.093 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18034 days ago · 43 km deep · 78 km away
- 5.7113 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18030 days ago · 33 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.078 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18023 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.7113 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18022 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
- 5.79 km SSW of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18001 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
- 5.886 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 17988 days ago · 16 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.7104 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 17988 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 4.986 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 17988 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.793 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 17988 days ago · 25 km deep · 23 km away
Before
- 4.776 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18046 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 5.142 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18048 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 4.818 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18049 days ago · 41 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.325 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18049 days ago · 33 km deep · 69 km away
- 5.591 km ESE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18050 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.8114 km WNW of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18051 days ago · 30 km deep · 72 km away
- 5.1125 km W of Kirakira, Solomon Islands · 18051 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.1Solomon Islands · 18052 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 5.1113 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18054 days ago · 56 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.8Solomon Islands · 18056 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.691 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18056 days ago · 20 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.2Solomon Islands · 18056 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.7120 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18056 days ago · 15 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.6112 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18056 days ago · 33 km deep · 22 km away
- 5.443 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 29 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.0106 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.057 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 5.260 km ESE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18057 days ago · 26 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.6114 km SE of Malango, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 18 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.098 km SE of Honiara, Solomon Islands · 18058 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000nrv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:08 AM UTC.