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January 2010 Solomon Islands Earthquake
3 January 2010 · Solomon Islands
On 3 January 2010 at 22:36 UTC, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Solomon Islands, at a depth of 25 km. It occurred on the Pacific Plate, 20 km from its boundary with the Australian Plate (subduction zone). It triggered a tsunami. 16 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 3 January 2010
- Time
- 22:36 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.1
- Depth
- 25 km
- Homes Destroyed
- 16
- Homes Damaged
- 60
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (7.5 m wave)
- Plate
- Pacific Plate
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Nearest Volcano
- Coleman Seamount (21 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20072007 Solomon Islands Earthquake · M 8.152 deaths
- 1991Solomon Islands · M 7.2
- 1969Santa Isabel Island · M 7.5
- 1959Solomon Islands · M 7.3
- 1950Solomon Sea · M 7.3
- 1939Solomon Islands · M 7.912 deaths
- 1939Bougainville Island · M 7.75 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