M4.8 earthquake 61 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 61 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands on Sat, Mar 7, 1981, 4:46 PM GMT+11 (05:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 Santa Cruz Islands. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-03-07 05:46:06 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.572° S, 166.333° 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
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.0Santa Cruz Islands · 16639 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.628 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16623 days ago · 164 km deep · 45 km away
Before
Earthquakes todaySolomon Islands earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001ck1 (also filed as iscgemsup629460). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC.