M4.6 earthquake 69 km NE of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck 69 km NE of Lata, Solomon Islands on Tue, Sep 25, 1984, 3:46 PM GMT+11 (04:46 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 73 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
- 4.6 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1984-09-25 04:46:05 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.342° S, 166.301° 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 1.6 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.455 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15336 days ago · 33 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.773 km SE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15314 days ago · 198 km deep · 89 km away
- 5.013 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15306 days ago · 169 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.338 km ENE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15302 days ago · 99 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 5.577 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15338 days ago · 63 km deep · 44 km away
- 5.183 km E of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15338 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.829 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15340 days ago · 50 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.614 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15344 days ago · 200 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.937 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 15349 days ago · 33 km deep · 96 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00027pg. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:33 PM UTC.