Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though some resistant structures exist. The predominant vulnerable building types are mud wall and informal (metal, timber, GI etc.) construction. Date (UTC) Dist. (km) Mag. Max MMI(#) Shaking Deaths 2001-08-08 26 5.6 VII(6k) 0 2004-10-08 388 6.7 VIII(7k) 0 1989-10-27 366 6.9 VIII(7k) 0 ]]> Green alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. There is a low likelihood of casualties and damage.# 1973-12-08T13:09:24Z 0 197312081309 165.532000 34.700000 6 [0, 0, 4029, 3824, 9333, 5095, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 1 0 -11.073000 5095 35.984671 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.500000 0 0 1975-10-06T22:24:22Z 0 197510062224 166.561000 94.100000 7 [0, 0, 0, 25919, 12845, 3375, 274, 0, 0] VU 0 2 0 -12.596000 274 198.900324 nan Vanuatu 0 0 7.000000 0 0 1977-09-04T08:48:42Z 0 197709040848 166.834000 47.400000 7 [0, 0, 25324, 44813, 4636, 4355, 624, 0, 0] VU 0 3 0 -13.728000 624 326.879215 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.600000 0 0 1978-11-04T22:29:25Z 0 197811042229 162.244000 41.600000 7 [0, 0, 44475, 231871, 28157, 12086, 8979, 0, 0] SB 0 4 0 -11.333000 8979 394.132565 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 7.000000 0 0 1978-11-05T03:57:06Z 0 197811050357 162.298000 40.700000 6 [0, 439, 66265, 21886, 9567, 6286, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 5 0 -11.143000 6286 386.673502 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.800000 0 0 1978-11-05T22:02:10Z 0 197811052202 162.209000 43.300000 8 [0, 0, 28476, 255150, 33364, 8711, 12820, 3062, 0] SB 0 6 0 -11.127000 3062 396.285480 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 7.000000 0 0 1978-12-21T14:36:52Z 0 197812211436 162.705000 11.600000 6 [0, 0, 1399, 306136, 15599, 1725, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 7 0 -11.161000 1725 342.479352 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.400000 0 0 1979-05-05T16:17:04Z 0 197905051617 165.623000 19.500000 7 [0, 0, 0, 1279, 8622, 9178, 871, 0, 0] SB 0 8 0 -10.988000 871 23.794035 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.000000 0 0 1980-07-08T23:19:24Z 0 198007082319 166.482000 55.700000 8 [0, 0, 0, 14550, 18458, 2542, 4425, 228, 0] VU 0 9 0 -12.485000 228 184.202731 nan Vanuatu 0 0 7.500000 0 0 1980-07-09T20:56:55Z 0 198007092056 166.265000 39.300000 7 [0, 0, 34342, 24114, 3106, 532, 323, 0, 0] VU 0 10 0 -12.799000 323 210.434691 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.600000 0 0 1980-07-17T19:42:24Z 0 198007171942 166.004000 32.300000 7 [0, 0, 0, 18323, 17657, 4286, 381, 0, 0] VU 0 11 0 -12.481000 381 170.867606 0.140000 Vanuatu 0 0 7.700000 0 0 1980-07-29T03:11:57Z 0 198007290311 166.453000 45.100000 7 [0, 0, 13194, 50948, 4584, 7, 856, 0, 0] VU 0 12 0 -13.076000 856 245.311464 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.700000 0 0 1980-08-02T15:47:25Z 0 198008021547 165.538000 18.100000 6 [0, 0, 0, 9732, 12228, 6541, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 13 0 -11.061000 6541 34.894066 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.300000 0 0 1981-02-26T17:18:21Z 0 198102261718 166.596000 93.000000 6 [0, 0, 25554, 48078, 9712, 746, 0, 0, 0] VU 0 14 0 -13.801000 746 327.109003 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.500000 0 0 1981-04-24T21:50:09Z 0 198104242150 166.536000 49.800000 8 [0, 0, 15719, 53843, 6881, 423, 796, 70, 0] VU 0 15 0 -13.419000 70 284.434796 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.800000 0 0 1982-02-20T13:26:52Z 0 198202201326 166.126000 37.900000 8 [0, 0, 653, 1138, 3405, 950, 17278, 1429, 0] SB 0 16 0 -10.885000 1429 32.294647 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.800000 0 0 1982-08-05T20:32:51Z 0 198208052032 166.192000 8.600000 6 [0, 0, 0, 18205, 20963, 33, 0, 0, 0] VU 0 17 0 -12.475000 33 173.571306 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.900000 0 0 1983-01-28T14:23:02Z 0 198301281423 166.022000 44.400000 7 [0, 0, 173, 4021, 3963, 14723, 273, 0, 0] SB 0 18 0 -10.859000 273 22.581430 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.700000 0 0 1985-04-12T06:12:41Z 0 198504120612 165.843000 1.900000 5 [0, 0, 0, 686, 22426, 0, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 19 0 -11.288000 22426 37.342018 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.000000 0 0 1985-11-28T02:25:42Z 0 198511280225 166.335000 25.000000 7 [0, 0, 7492, 53559, 29554, 2746, 784, 0, 0] VU 0 20 0 -14.029000 784 346.156403 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.900000 0 0 1985-11-28T03:49:57Z 0 198511280349 166.284000 49.400000 7 [0, 0, 3349, 54720, 30796, 2660, 1296, 0, 0] VU 0 21 0 -13.982000 1296 340.168025 nan Vanuatu 0 0 7.000000 0 0 1985-12-16T08:03:14Z 0 198512160803 166.226000 53.500000 6 [0, 0, 40945, 41130, 11125, 1268, 0, 0, 0] VU 0 22 0 -14.092000 1268 351.461626 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.500000 0 0 1985-12-16T08:04:10Z 0 198512160804 166.319000 51.700000 6 [0, 0, 39660, 41644, 11426, 1786, 0, 0, 0] VU 0 23 0 -14.083000 1786 351.822718 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.500000 0 0 1985-12-21T01:13:23Z 0 198512210113 166.632000 43.600000 7 [0, 0, 28, 46739, 34030, 9133, 2980, 0, 0] VU 0 24 0 -14.012000 2980 350.782784 nan Vanuatu 0 0 7.100000 0 0 1985-12-21T02:46:37Z 0 198512210246 166.715000 57.400000 6 [0, 0, 30504, 44225, 16699, 3037, 0, 0, 0] VU 0 25 0 -14.114000 3037 364.024918 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.500000 0 0 1986-04-14T00:25:15Z 0 198604140025 166.887000 40.600000 6 [0, 0, 42165, 40469, 5273, 4054, 0, 0, 0] VU 0 26 0 -13.919000 4054 348.801758 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.300000 0 0 1986-05-30T08:02:38Z 0 198605300802 162.518000 32.000000 7 [0, 39076, 54792, 20161, 7765, 3947, 3777, 0, 0] SB 0 27 0 -10.840000 3777 362.496026 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.600000 0 0 1986-10-23T15:48:45Z 0 198610231548 165.314000 19.300000 6 [0, 0, 0, 8767, 11236, 10167, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 28 0 -10.997000 10167 57.382954 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.700000 0 0 1986-10-23T16:23:48Z 0 198610231623 165.662000 9.200000 7 [0, 0, 0, 6319, 8338, 9408, 5017, 0, 0] SB 0 29 0 -11.051000 5017 22.127271 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.400000 0 0 1986-10-23T18:44:56Z 0 198610231844 165.291000 23.800000 6 [0, 0, 4240, 4369, 12785, 2111, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 30 0 -11.087000 2111 61.521774 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.800000 0 0 1986-10-24T05:27:35Z 0 198610240527 165.124000 25.300000 6 [0, 0, 0, 3324, 14104, 677, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 31 0 -10.951000 677 77.898419 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.000000 0 0 1986-10-24T05:53:15Z 0 198610240553 165.378000 8.300000 6 [0, 0, 0, 7576, 14881, 4384, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 32 0 -10.884000 4384 50.757912 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.200000 0 0 1987-12-07T12:26:11Z 0 198712071226 167.517000 36.600000 7 [0, 1021, 44416, 39483, 1577, 1569, 3449, 0, 0] VU 0 33 0 -13.592000 3449 345.395869 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.300000 0 0 1987-12-07T13:14:37Z 0 198712071314 167.538000 40.500000 7 [0, 8840, 52956, 24733, 2400, 1345, 2849, 0, 0] VU 0 34 0 -13.543000 2849 342.017778 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.200000 0 0 1988-06-12T13:39:38Z 0 198806121339 165.289000 11.300000 6 [0, 0, 0, 7959, 9113, 10284, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 35 0 -10.702000 10284 66.048466 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.500000 0 0 1988-06-12T18:07:13Z 0 198806121807 165.521000 17.300000 6 [0, 0, 0, 5462, 13638, 4581, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 36 0 -10.833000 4581 37.033458 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.700000 0 0 1989-10-27T21:04:53Z 0 198910272104 162.404000 30.000000 8 [0, 0, 156569, 153012, 26956, 8001, 8255, 7231, 0] SB 0 37 0 -10.969000 7231 374.645349 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.900000 0 0 1989-11-01T11:29:59Z 0 198911011129 162.302000 23.900000 7 [0, 54316, 51334, 13839, 9037, 3840, 4570, 0, 0] SB 0 38 0 -10.992000 4570 385.778992 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.500000 0 0 1989-11-06T20:52:20Z 0 198911062052 162.494000 18.700000 6 [0, 0, 27702, 313092, 13802, 142, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 39 0 -11.218000 142 365.863177 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.100000 0 0 1991-08-14T19:15:04Z 0 199108141915 167.687000 12.000000 9 [0, 0, 0, 90217, 3281, 2217, 1164, 213, 48] VU 0 40 0 -13.567000 48 353.199925 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.500000 0 0 1992-04-04T21:51:20Z 0 199204042151 166.007000 44.500000 6 [0, 0, 253, 4564, 3660, 15584, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 41 0 -10.921000 15584 18.758095 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.600000 0 0 1992-04-29T09:25:45Z 0 199204290925 166.134000 40.300000 7 [0, 0, 0, 4353, 1199, 16774, 1743, 0, 0] SB 0 42 0 -10.699000 1743 42.827757 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.900000 0 0 1992-05-27T05:13:40Z 0 199205270513 165.290000 19.800000 6 [0, 0, 0, 8043, 9628, 14192, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 43 0 -11.077000 14192 61.367511 0.100000 the Solomon Islands 0 0 7.000000 0 0 1993-03-06T03:05:52Z 0 199303060305 164.270000 23.300000 5 [0, 0, 0, 70350, 19342, 0, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 44 0 -10.911000 19342 171.142909 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 7.100000 0 0 1993-03-06T16:26:59Z 0 199303061626 163.493000 33.800000 5 [0, 7335, 167431, 49758, 7181, 0, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 45 0 -11.062000 7181 256.085782 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.600000 0 0 1993-07-28T07:05:50Z 0 199307280705 162.447000 34.300000 7 [0, 36872, 54723, 22975, 8664, 3831, 4125, 0, 0] SB 0 46 0 -10.918000 4125 370.000592 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.600000 0 0 1995-01-20T00:55:22Z 0 199501200055 162.255000 20.400000 7 [0, 5554, 93433, 27442, 9358, 3895, 7661, 0, 0] SB 0 47 0 -10.975000 7661 390.900304 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.800000 0 0 1996-02-27T18:03:03Z 0 199602271803 167.566000 16.100000 7 [0, 0, 0, 60475, 3013, 1983, 1370, 0, 0] VU 0 48 0 -14.101000 1370 396.965386 nan Vanuatu 0 0 5.800000 0 0 1996-03-31T23:41:42Z 0 199603312341 165.825000 23.000000 5 [0, 0, 0, 7138, 17072, 0, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 49 0 -11.236000 17072 31.591356 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.000000 0 0 1996-08-11T01:31:11Z 0 199608110131 166.919000 39.700000 7 [0, 0, 0, 2257, 3975, 626, 639, 0, 0] VU 0 50 0 -13.400000 639 296.291441 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.000000 0 0 1997-04-21T12:02:27Z 0 199704211202 166.796000 28.000000 7 [0, 0, 0, 27068, 20454, 3478, 4116, 0, 0] VU 0 51 0 -12.562000 4116 207.053654 3.000000 Vanuatu 0 0 7.700000 0 0 1997-08-17T20:11:11Z 0 199708172011 167.544000 15.000000 8 [0, 0, 0, 846, 4285, 2460, 96, 33, 0] VU 0 52 0 -13.547000 33 342.742962 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.000000 0 0 1998-07-16T11:56:35Z 0 199807161156 166.267000 93.000000 7 [0, 0, 0, 5474, 280, 9074, 15370, 0, 0] SB 0 53 0 -11.033000 15370 47.655753 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 7.000000 0 0 1998-09-21T12:09:42Z 0 199809211209 166.899000 43.000000 7 [0, 0, 58251, 40619, 3828, 3881, 781, 0, 0] VU 0 54 0 -13.602000 781 316.211022 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.300000 0 0 1999-02-06T21:48:01Z 0 199902062147 166.779000 90.000000 8 [0, 0, 0, 50910, 21638, 8300, 1004, 321, 0] VU 0 55 0 -12.818000 321 231.230881 nan Vanuatu 0 0 7.300000 0 0 1999-12-22T13:32:35Z 0 199912221332 165.574000 12.000000 7 [0, 0, 0, 21, 6866, 11389, 2094, 0, 0] SB 0 56 0 -10.846000 2094 31.123028 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.000000 0 0 1999-12-28T23:56:06Z 0 199912282356 165.725000 19.800000 6 [0, 0, 0, 4495, 14410, 5950, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 57 0 -11.146000 5950 24.832421 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.900000 0 0 1999-12-29T13:29:20Z 0 199912291329 165.522000 30.700000 8 [0, 0, 0, 3735, 8738, 5110, 8253, 2754, 0] SB 0 58 0 -10.925000 2754 34.607841 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.800000 0 0 1999-12-29T19:15:52Z 0 199912291915 165.389000 29.000000 7 [0, 0, 3664, 5071, 4778, 9193, 2150, 0, 0] SB 0 59 0 -10.937000 2150 49.016006 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.800000 0 0 1999-12-29T21:36:38Z 0 199912292136 165.399000 32.000000 6 [0, 0, 4495, 4244, 8722, 7395, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 60 0 -10.942000 7395 47.909102 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.700000 0 0 1999-12-29T22:53:55Z 0 199912292253 165.468000 9.000000 6 [0, 0, 0, 11639, 19426, 913, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 61 0 -11.120000 913 44.464953 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.100000 0 0 2000-01-05T07:40:41Z 0 200001050740 165.470000 26.200000 6 [0, 5547, 1616, 7673, 10478, 6444, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 62 0 -11.300000 6444 55.727315 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.100000 0 0 2000-05-06T13:44:15Z 0 200005061344 165.470000 12.000000 5 [0, 0, 0, 13193, 17758, 0, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 63 0 -11.270000 17758 53.469350 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.300000 0 0 2000-06-09T08:41:59Z 0 200006090841 162.240000 18.900000 5 [0, 0, 18757, 322884, 13254, 0, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 64 0 -11.350000 13254 394.761864 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.100000 0 0 2000-08-03T01:09:40Z 0 200008030109 166.520000 35.000000 7 [0, 0, 3136, 23717, 3016, 3489, 1984, 0, 0] SB 0 65 0 -12.040000 1984 141.891490 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.600000 0 0 2001-01-02T23:17:42Z 0 200101022317 162.510000 33.000000 7 [0, 0, 56614, 24866, 9325, 5520, 1212, 0, 0] SB 0 66 0 -11.140000 1212 363.571566 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.900000 0 0 2001-01-19T08:10:14Z 0 200101190810 166.450000 38.000000 7 [0, 0, 7196, 4600, 16170, 2821, 2663, 0, 0] SB 0 67 0 -11.630000 2663 100.619798 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.300000 0 0 2001-08-08T13:08:05Z 0 200108081308 165.566000 31.400000 7 [0, 0, 4525, 4263, 1301, 8465, 6470, 0, 0] SB 0 68 0 -10.823000 6470 32.962320 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.600000 0 0 2002-01-11T05:16:31Z 0 200201110516 165.411000 33.000000 6 [0, 0, 4533, 4266, 8541, 7728, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 69 0 -10.618000 7728 59.584213 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.700000 0 0 2002-06-17T21:26:24Z 0 200206172126 166.520000 32.000000 7 [0, 0, 27240, 30641, 5690, 859, 343, 0, 0] VU 0 70 0 -12.610000 343 198.620822 nan Vanuatu 0 0 6.700000 0 0 2003-05-04T14:54:03Z 0 200305041454 166.400000 43.400000 7 [0, 0, 448, 4112, 18966, 883, 1197, 0, 0] SB 0 71 0 -11.330000 1197 74.290647 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.900000 0 0 2004-10-08T08:27:53Z 0 200410080827 162.200000 36.000000 8 [0, 565, 200109, 134692, 25309, 8866, 9378, 6766, 0] SB 0 72 0 -10.930000 6766 396.929872 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.700000 0 0 2004-11-09T23:58:23Z 0 200411092358 163.790000 9.900000 5 [0, 0, 0, 164019, 10099, 0, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 73 0 -11.140000 10099 224.342248 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.900000 0 0 2004-11-11T17:33:10Z 0 200411111733 162.249000 28.100000 7 [0, 1123, 263246, 74389, 13583, 7796, 6912, 0, 0] SB 0 74 0 -11.288000 6912 393.114392 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.600000 0 0 2004-11-11T17:34:53Z 0 200411111734 162.260000 20.000000 7 [0, 0, 0, 328771, 42438, 6455, 3030, 0, 0] SB 0 75 0 -11.170000 3030 390.968179 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.600000 0 0 2004-11-12T11:31:50Z 0 200411121131 162.336000 7.000000 6 [0, 0, 475, 99828, 13858, 750, 0, 0, 0] SB 0 76 0 -11.088000 750 382.280817 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 5.700000 0 0 2007-08-12T12:05:19Z 0 200708121205 166.300000 42.000000 7 [0, 0, 0, 2925, 20893, 381, 984, 0, 0] SB 0 77 0 -11.380000 984 69.274944 nan the Solomon Islands 0 0 6.000000 0 0