What the records say
- When
- 6 Feb 2013
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Where
- Solomon Islands
- Coordinates
- 10.80° S, 165.11° E
- Deaths
- 10
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage musd
- 36
- Houses destroyed
- 588
- Intensity mmi
- 8
- Depth km
- 24
2013 Solomon Islands earthquake
Megathrust earthquake and tsunami in Solomon Islands
The 2013 Solomon Islands earthquake struck Temotu Province within Solomon Islands on 6 February with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The epicentre was close to the Santa Cruz Islands within Temotu Province at the boundaries of the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates, causing local evacuations, a tsunami of 11 m (36 ft) and killing at least ten people.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2013 Solomon Islands earthquake: The death toll from a magnitude 8.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Solomon Islands rises to nine”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 8,0 sacude las Islas Salomón produciendo un tsunami que acaba con la vida de 16 personas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “索羅門群島發生黎克特制8級大地震，震源深度28.7公里，觸發1.5公尺高海嘯，釀成13死5失蹤。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “【ソロモン諸島】 アメリカ地質調査所によると、現地時間午後0時12分（日本時間午前10時12分）頃”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page