6.0 AND GREATER EARTHQUAKES ARE REPORTED ON THIS SITE AND ALL EARTHQUAKE STATS PERTAIN ONLY TO 6.0 AND GREATER MAGNITUDE QUAKES.

Map: CSEM-EMSC

A major 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Solomon Islands on August 10, 2015, at 0412 UTC, at a depth of 10 km / 6 mi, reported the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning statement on August 10, 2015 at 0418.

470 major to great (6.0+) earthquakes hit various places over the last 900 days. Among thes...


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