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Historic Earthquake
1931 Solomon Islands Earthquake
3 October 1931 · San Cristobal Island · Solomon Islands
On 3 October 1931 at 19:13 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands (San Cristobal Island), at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 36 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 50 people.
- Date
- 3 October 1931
- Time
- 19:13 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 35 km
- Deaths
- 50
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (9.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 Solomon Island Earthquake · M 7.81 deaths
- 2014Solomon Islands · M 7.6
- 1988San Cristobal, Guadalcanal · M 7.61 deaths
- 1977Solomon Islands · M 8.118 deaths
- 1977Solomon Islands · M 7.6
- 1939Solomon Islands · M 7.912 deaths
- 1935Solomon Islands · M 7.6
- 1931Solomon Islands · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth