M4.9 earthquake 54 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 54 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands on Sun, Nov 17, 1985, 6:41 PM GMT+11 (07:41 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
- 1985-11-17 07:41:25 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 11.026° S, 165.407° 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.1110 km S of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 90 km away
- 5.0102 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14916 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.351 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands · 14873 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
Before
Earthquakes todaySolomon Islands earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002mvr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:26 AM UTC.