M5.0 earthquake 121 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 121 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands on Sat, Jul 4, 1981, 5:33 PM GMT+10 (07:33 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.4 121 km NW of Gizo, 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
- 5.0 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-07-04 07:33:29 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 7.319° S, 156.065° 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.
- Depth from
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Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.4121 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands · 16515 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.9118 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea · 16515 days ago · 38 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.345 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea · 16481 days ago · 68 km deep · 86 km away
Before
Earthquakes todaySolomon Islands earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001egu (also filed as iscgem623052). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.