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Historic Earthquake
1957 Solomon Islands Earthquake
17 December 1957 · Santa Cruz Islands · Solomon Islands
On 17 December 1957 at 13:50 UTC, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz Islands), at a depth of 120 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 101 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 17 December 1957
- Time
- 13:50 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.8
- Depth
- 120 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Motlav (185 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20132013 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 7.910 deaths
- 20092009 Vanuatu Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1997Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu · M 7.7
- 1985Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1985Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1980Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu · M 7.9
- 1966Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1934Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth