M4.9 earthquake 23 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 23 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands on Sun, Feb 21, 1982, 2:08 AM GMT+11 (15:08 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 85 km S 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
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-02-20 15:08:17 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.654° S, 165.999° 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 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.241 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16285 days ago · 55 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.685 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16285 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.838 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16283 days ago · 50 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.185 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16282 days ago · 22 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 6.828 km ESE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16285 days ago · 36 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.836 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16285 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
- 5.234 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16285 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.799 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 16294 days ago · 33 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001jqx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:53 AM UTC.