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Historic Earthquake
1997 Solomon Islands Earthquake
21 April 1997 · Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu · Solomon Islands
On 21 April 1997 at 12:02 UTC, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands (Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 87 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. 7 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 21 April 1997
- Time
- 12:02 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.7
- Depth
- 33 km
- Homes Destroyed
- 7
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (3.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Suretamatai (160 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
- 1985Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 1985Vanuatu · M 7.6
- 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
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth