M4.2 earthquake 62 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 62 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands on Fri, Feb 27, 1981, 2:27 AM GMT+11 (15:27 UTC), 75 km (46 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.3 95 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
- 4.2 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-02-26 15:27:03 UTC
- Depth
- 74.5 km (46.3 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 10.628° S, 166.364° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.176 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16651 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
- 4.667 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16643 days ago · 57 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.861 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16643 days ago · 33 km deep · 7 km away
- 5.0Santa Cruz Islands · 16636 days ago · 57 km deep · 93 km away
- 4.628 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16620 days ago · 164 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.395 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16607 days ago · 78 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ce9. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.