Tsunamis of Solomon Islands

48 events with their source in Solomon Islands

Every tsunami NOAA records that began in or off Solomon Islands, oldest to newest.

Solomon Islands’s tsunamis on the map

At the source, colored by the highest water recorded. A ring is an event NCEI rates doubtful or questionable.

Under 1 m
1 to 3 m
3 to 10 m
10 to 30 m
30 m and more
Height not recorded

The record

Events: 48
Probable or definite: 43
Deaths counted: 178

The deadliest

April 1, 2007, Solomon Islands12.1 m · M8.1 · 52 deaths · 2,500 houses destroyed · 248 runups
October 3, 1931, San Cristobal Island, Solomon Islands9 m · M7.8 · 50 deaths · 13 runups
April 20, 1977, Solomon Islands0.15 m · M6.8 · 34 deaths · 7 runups
April 21, 1977, Solomon Islands0.04 m · M8.1 · 18 deaths · 5 runups
April 30, 1939, Solomon Islands10.5 m · M7.9 · 12 deaths · 8 runups
February 6, 2013, Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands11 m · M7.9 · 10 deaths · $36 million · 588 houses destroyed · 124 runups
August 10, 1988, Solomon Islands0.09 m · M7.6 · 1 death · 100 houses destroyed · 2 runups
December 8, 2016, Solomon Islands0.43 m · M7.8 · 1 death · 191 houses destroyed · 13 runups

Every event

Newest first.

By country

Sources

Tsunami events and runups from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.