M4.5 earthquake 29 km NNW of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 29 km NNW of Lata, Solomon Islands on Wed, Sep 16, 1981, 4:04 PM GMT+11 (05:04 UTC), 154 km (96 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 61 km SE 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
- 4.5 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-16 05:04:03 UTC
- Depth
- 153.8 km (95.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 10.463° S, 165.727° 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: 1 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todaySolomon Islands earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001fwu. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC.