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Historic Earthquake
1959 Solomon Islands Earthquake
17 August 1959 · Solomon Islands
On 17 August 1959 at 21:04 UTC, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 42 km from its boundary with the Woodlark Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 17 August 1959
- Time
- 21:04 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Simbo (105 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.93 deaths
- 2014Solomon Sea · M 7.5
- 20072007 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 8.152 deaths
- 1995Rabaul, Kokopo · M 7.7
- 1975Bismarck Sea, Bougainville · M 7.9
- 1975Solomon Islands, Buin · M 7.7
- 1939Bougainville Island · M 7.75 deaths
- 1907New Britain · M 7.7
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth