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Historic Earthquake
1974 Solomon Islands Earthquake
1 February 1974 · Solomon Islands
On 1 February 1974 at 03:12 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands, at a depth of 40 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 20 km from its boundary with the Solomon Sea Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 1 February 1974
- Time
- 03:12 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 40 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (2.3 m wave)
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Loloru (98 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.93 deaths
- 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
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 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