The image also shows that the Solomon Islands run on a northwest-southeast axis parallel to the edge of the Pacific plate, the section of the Earth’s crust that carries the Pacific Ocean and its islands.The earthquake occurred along the plate boundary, where the Australia/Woodlark/Solomon Sea plates slide beneath the denser Pacific plate.
More than 40 magnitude-4.5 quakes shook the islands in the past week alone, and seven of those temblors were larger than a magnitude-6.0, the USGS said.Video: Solomon Islands Tsunami Kills At Least Five Stunning Map Reveals World's Earthquakes Since 1898 Image Gallery: This Millennium's Destructive Earthquakes -- This collection of satellite images was originally produced on March 14, 2011, days after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami struck the northeast coast of Japan. The 2007 Solomon Island earthquake may point to previously unknown increased earthquake and tsunami risks because of the unusual tectonic plate geography and the sudden change in direction of the earthquake, according to geoscientists. The information presented here is focused on geologic aspects of the disaster.Get more information on the earthquake from the USGS National Earthquake Information Center's event page for the Get more information on the tsunami from NOAA Center for Tsunami Research event page for the The M=8.1 earthquake that occurred in the Solomon Islands on April 1, 2007 (UTC), was located along the Solomon Islands subduction zone, part of the Pacific "In 1982 and 1984, the USGS, as part of the CCOP/SOPAC Australia-New Zealand-United States Tripartite Agreement, conducted marine geologic investigations of the Solomon Islands region.
On April 1st 2007 a large earthquake of magnitude 8.1 occurred offshore Solomon Islands at 20:40:38 UTC. Image from March 12, 2011 (before outer shell collapse).Industrial Site Just South of Fukushima I Power PlantIndustrial Site Just South of Fukushima I Power PlantANALYSIS: Japan, One Year Later: In the Radiation Zone The portion of the fault that ruptured in the first earthquake of the 1971 doublet reruptured in a different manner during a M=7.7 earthquake in 1995 (Schwartz, 1999). Timing between earthquakes that compose doublets is discussed in general by Over geologic time, ridge subduction contributes to the uplift of the overriding plate and the creation of islands such as Simbo, Gizo, and Ranunga very near the Solomon trench (see Geist and others, 1993, for ridge subduction models). Click on a pin on the map to see more information. The Solomon Islands is also vulnerable to rising sea levels.
No data point selected. The above photos show Yuriage in Natori (top); and Yagawahama (bottom) -- both are in Miyagi prefecture. An 8.1-magnitiude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands on 2 April, triggering a tsunami and forcing thousands to flee to higher ground.