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Historic Earthquake
1969 Solomon Islands Earthquake
5 January 1969 · Santa Isabel Island · Solomon Islands
On 5 January 1969 at 13:26 UTC, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands (Santa Isabel Island), at a depth of 47 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 179 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone).
- Date
- 5 January 1969
- Time
- 13:26 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.5
- Depth
- 47 km
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- New Georgia at 8.9°S (148 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 2010January 2010 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 7.1
- 20072007 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 8.152 deaths
- 1991Solomon Islands · M 7.2
- 1984Guadalcanal · M 7.5
- 1977Solomon Islands · M 7.6
- 1950Solomon Sea · M 7.3
- 1939Solomon Islands · M 7.912 deaths
- 1926Guadalcanal · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth