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Historic Earthquake
1909 Solomon Islands Earthquake
9 December 1909 · Solomon Islands
On 9 December 1909 at 23:23 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 129 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 9 December 1909
- Time
- 23:23 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Tinakula (98 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20132013 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 7.910 deaths
- 2007Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.2
- 1980Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu · M 7.9
- 1966Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1963Solomon Islands · M 7.5
- 1963Solomon Islands · M 7.5
- 1934Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1900Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth