Solomon Islands
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This is the most recent brief; none has been generated since 19 September 2026. The event list below is current.
Solomon Islands recorded a significant M5.2 earthquake this week, striking at a shallow depth of 10 km with an estimated 20,723 people exposed. The event has been rated orange severity by GDACS and remains classified as ongoing since it was first tracked on 14 September 2026.
Earthquake An M5.2 earthquake struck Solomon Islands at a depth of 10 km, with an estimated 20,723 people exposed, including around 20,000 in areas of MMI IV or greater shaking intensity. The event remains ongoing, with data reviewed by NEIC via GDACS.
Summarised from Hazardly's tracked events for the seven days to 19 September 2026 · no external sources. Generated by claude-sonnet-5 at 19 Sept, 20:42 UTC, not reviewed by a person before publication. Outbreak lines name the disease and country only; WHO's bulletin text is on each outbreak's event page.
Events · last 7 days · 6
- Earthquake30 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands10 Nov, 03:45 UTC
- Earthquake20 km SSW of Lata, Solomon Islands11 Nov, 16:45 UTC
- Earthquake65 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands11 Nov, 05:45 UTC
- Earthquake19 km WSW of Lata, Solomon Islands11 Nov, 04:01 UTC
Below the significance bar
- Earthquake206 km E of Kirakira, Solomon Islands10 Nov, 19:15 UTC
- Earthquake26 km SW of Lata, Solomon Islands10 Nov, 05:45 UTC
Seven days of source changes
Revisions · 6 events also first tracked this week
No revisions this week — earthquakes are logged once and never revised; storms, fires, volcanoes and outbreaks record every source update.
Countries · by trend
7| Country | Active | Worst | Trend | Changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | 10 | RED | steady2 escalating · 3 steady · 3 new | 18m ago |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | ORANGE | new1 new | 1d ago |
| Philippines | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Malaysia | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Cambodia | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Indonesia | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 3d ago |
| Brunei | 1 | GREEN | new1 new | 3d ago |
Trend compares each event’s own source-reported measure across Hazardly’s last two ingests. It measures reported change, not impact: a fire whose satellite coverage improved overnight can read as escalating, and a storm can weaken while its damage is still unfolding.
Nearby
- Papua New Guinea
- Vanuatu
- Fiji
- Nauru
- Kiribati
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