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Historic Earthquake
1963 Solomon Islands Earthquake
17 September 1963 · Solomon Islands
On 17 September 1963 at 19:20 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands, at a depth of 28 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 116 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 17 September 1963
- Time
- 19:20 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 28 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Tinakula (44 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
- 1980Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu · M 7.9
- 1966Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1957Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1934Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1909Solomon 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