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Historic Earthquake
1980 Solomon Islands Earthquake
17 July 1980 · Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu · Solomon Islands
On 17 July 1980 at 19:42 UTC, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 24 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 17 July 1980
- Time
- 19:42 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Depth
- 33 km
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
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- 20092009 Vanuatu Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1997Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu · M 7.7
- 1966Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1957Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1934Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.8
- 1909Solomon Islands · M 7.7
- 1900Santa Cruz Islands · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth