- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- January 31, 1974 CE
- Location:
- 126 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands
- Magnitude:
- 7 Ms
- Depth:
- 34 km
- Intensity (MMI):
- 5.876
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Ms 7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Ms 7.1
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.3
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 6.2
- USGS_COMCAT: mb 5.2
Other earthquake records of 1974 CE
- China, Yunnan And Sichuan Provinces, Chao-T'ung · Ms 7.1 · 20,000 deaths
- Pakistan, Balakot, Patan · Ms 6.2 · 5,300 deaths
- Peru, Lima, Callao · Mw 8.1 · 78 deaths
- Japan, Nakagi · Ms 6.5 · 27 deaths
- Colombia, Bogota, Cali, Pereira · Ms 7.3 · 11 deaths
- Peru, Lima, Yauyos · Mb 6.3 · 10 deaths
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 7.0 - 126 km NW of Gizo, Solomon Islands (1974 CE) happen?
- January 31, 1974 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.