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Historic Earthquake
1996 Solomon Islands Earthquake
29 April 1996 · Bougainville Island · Solomon Islands
On 29 April 1996 at 14:40 UTC, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands (Bougainville Island), at a depth of 44 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 48 km from its boundary with the North Bismarck Plate (collision zone). It killed at least 1 person.
- Date
- 29 April 1996
- Time
- 14:40 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Depth
- 44 km
- Deaths
- 1
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Bagana (48 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20172017 Papua New Guinea Earthquake · M 7.93 deaths
- 2016New Britain New Ireland · M 7.9
- 20002000 New Ireland Earthquakes · M 7.8
- 1975Bismarck Sea, Bougainville · M 7.9
- 1971Bismarck Sea Rabaul · M 8.1
- 19711971 Solomon Islands Earthquakes · M 7.93 deaths
- 1968New Ireland · M 7.8
- 1919Solomon Islands · M 8.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth