M5.1 earthquake 134 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 134 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands on Sun, Jan 4, 1981, 12:54 AM GMT+11 (13:54 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.8 147 km SSE of Lata, 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
- 5.1 (Ms, surface-wave), moderate
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-01-03 13:54:03 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 11.869° S, 166.216° 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
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 34
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0148 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16703 days ago · 172 km deep · 37 km away
- 5.8147 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16679 days ago · 68 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.8197 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16679 days ago · 33 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.6129 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16679 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 5.4187 km NNW of Sola, Vanuatu · 16653 days ago · 33 km deep · 78 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001bk3. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:57 AM UTC.