M4.9 earthquake 46 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 46 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands on Sat, Nov 9, 1985, 8:16 PM GMT+11 (09:16 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 110 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
- 1985-11-09 09:16:08 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 10.968° S, 165.455° 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.242 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14920 days ago · 33 km deep · 27 km away
- 4.954 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14919 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.1110 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14917 days ago · 33 km deep · 93 km away
- 5.0102 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.351 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14873 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002mk6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:54 AM UTC.