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Historic Earthquake
1939 Solomon Islands Earthquake
30 April 1939 · Solomon Islands
On 30 April 1939 at 02:55 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands, at a depth of 35 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 47 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It killed at least 12 people.
- Date
- 30 April 1939
- Time
- 02:55 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 35 km
- Deaths
- 12
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (10.5 m wave)
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Savo (66 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20162016 Solomon Island Earthquake · M 7.81 deaths
- 20072007 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 8.152 deaths
- 1988San Cristobal, Guadalcanal · M 7.61 deaths
- 1977Solomon Islands · M 8.118 deaths
- 1977Solomon Islands · M 7.6
- 1935Solomon Islands · M 7.6
- 1931Solomon Islands · M 7.7
- 1931San Cristobal Island · M 7.850 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth