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Canada vs Solomon Islands: Number of significant earthquakes

Canada
1 events
in 2017
Solomon Islands
1 events
in 2022
Canada rank
21st
Solomon Islands rank
21st

Number of significant earthquakes over time

  • Canada
  • Solomon Islands
1234166318422022

How they compare

Canada currently reports 1 events against 1 events in Solomon Islands, a difference of 0 events.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Solomon Islands ahead.

Canada ranks 21st and Solomon Islands ranks 21st of 97 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of significant earthquakes
Unit
events
Source
National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
97 places, 4,005 data points, 1000–2024
Last refreshed

A significant earthquake meets at least one of the following: caused deaths, moderate damage ($1 million or more), a magnitude 7.5 or greater, Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) X or greater, or generated a tsunami. Due to data availability, recent data will be more complete than older historical estimates.