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M8.1 earthquake, 2007 Solomon Islands Earthquake, 2007-04-01

MagnitudeM8.1mwc

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Depth24 km

Time (UTC)2007-04-01 20:39

Rank in 20073 / 196among M6+

Rank since 190071 / 14,458

Energy vs an M6×1,413approx.

2007 Solomon Islands Earthquake · -8.47, 157.04

M5.5+ within 100 km in the next 30 days

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M5.8 2007-04-01	2007-04-01 21:18	10 km	47 km SSW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.2 2007-04-02	2007-04-02 12:02	14 km	108 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M5.6 2007-04-02	2007-04-02 12:35	12 km	113 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M5.6 2007-04-02	2007-04-02 13:49	19 km	49 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M5.6 2007-04-02	2007-04-02 13:53	11 km	90 km ESE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.2 2007-04-02	2007-04-02 23:20	18 km	82 km SE of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.4 2007-04-04	2007-04-04 06:34	17 km	54 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M5.5 2007-04-29	2007-04-29 03:44	26 km	42 km ESE of Gizo, Solomon Islands

M6.5+ within 300 km (largest first)

2007 M8.1M8.1

1939 M7.8M7.8

1975 M7.7M7.7

2014 M7.5M7.5

1936 M7.3M7.3

1977 M7.2M7.2

1991 M7.2M7.2

1969 M7.1M7.1

1926 M7.1M7.1

1974 M7.1M7.1

2010 M7.1M7.1

1926 M7.1M7.1

Earlier M6+ within 300 km

Event	Time (UTC)	Depth	Place
M6.8 2006-09-01	2006-09-01 10:18	38 km	49 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.4 2005-01-22	2005-01-22 20:30	29 km	47 km NNW of Buala, Solomon Islands
M6.0 2003-09-11	2003-09-11 21:58	10 km	76 km W of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.2 2003-03-19	2003-03-19 00:03	34 km	144 km S of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.4 2001-05-29	2001-05-29 23:37	14 km	92 km SSW of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.7 2001-04-19	2001-04-19 21:43	17 km	128 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.2 2001-04-19	2001-04-19 20:58	20 km	121 km SSE of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
M6.0 2001-04-19	2001-04-19 03:13	12 km	126 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
M6.2 1998-11-25	1998-11-25 18:05	48 km	111 km WNW of Buala, Solomon Islands
M6.0 1997-10-10	1997-10-10 18:45	33 km	115 km WNW of Malango, Solomon Islands

Energy ratio uses the rule that one magnitude unit is about 32 times the energy. Magnitudes and locations are USGS values and can differ from national agencies. Older records are less complete and less precise.