Solomon Sea
IHO sea area 65 · 147° to 162° E, -12° to -5° N
- in force
- 0
- last 12 months
- 3
- archive messages
- 848
- categories
- 8
What the archive shows
848 messages are recorded since 1997-01-24 for the Solomon Sea. The selection uses the IHO sea area; a message may describe an exercise, equipment outage or continuing operation as well as a hazard report.
Quakes accounts for 635 of 848 recorded messages (75%), the largest category group in this selection.
The NGA historical archive froze in 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. Counts around that gap are incomplete, and changes in reporting volume do not establish changes in incident frequency.
In force now · 0
Nothing in force in this sea right now.
By year
By month (all years)
By category · available archive
| Quakes | 635 | 75% |
| Incidents | 151 | 18% |
| Nav aids | 21 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 1% |
| Derelicts | 9 | 1% |
| Wrecks | 8 | 1% |
| Cable ops | 8 | 1% |
| Surveys | 6 | 1% |
Ports on this sea · 11
Busiest first by annual vessel calls (IMF PortWatch); each port page shows the warnings within 60 nm, its World Port Index profile and monthly port calls.
- Lae · Papua New Guinea76 archived
- Honiara · Solomon Islands42 archived
- Noro · Solomon Islands33 archived
- Alotau · Papua New Guinea21 archived
- Oro Bay · Papua New Guinea17 archived
- Buka · Papua New Guinea117 archived
- Ndora · Solomon Islands41 archived
- Mbulo · Solomon Islands48 archived
- Ringgi · Solomon Islands37 archived
- Seghe · Solomon Islands46 archived
- Gizo · Solomon Islands36 archived
Archive · 848 cancelled
- USGS-US6000SY8K · Quakes2026-05-16 → 2026-05-1920 km ne of auki, solomon islands
- USGS-US6000SR4K · Quakes2026-04-18 → 2026-04-2146 km wsw of kirakira, solomon islands
- USGS-US6000RFB2 · Quakes2025-10-07 → 2025-10-1017 km w of lae, papua new guinea
- USGS-US7000QWIR · Quakes2025-09-16 → 2025-09-19208 km se of kokopo, papua new guinea
- USGS-US6000QL8U · Quakes2025-06-19 → 2025-06-2242 km n of finschhafen, papua new guinea
- USGS-US7000PWJW · Quakes2025-05-02 → 2025-05-05118 km se of panguna, papua new guinea
- USGS-US6000Q41N · Quakes2025-04-04 → 2025-04-07184 km ese of kimbe, papua new guinea
- USGS-US7000PFJC · Quakes2025-02-23 → 2025-02-26126 km wnw of gizo, solomon islands
- USGS-US7000PENH · Quakes2025-02-19 → 2025-02-22285 km ne of samarai, papua new guinea
- USGS-US6000NP3Z · Quakes2024-09-01 → 2024-09-0456 km s of panguna, papua new guinea
- USGS-US7000MRDC · Quakes2024-06-09 → 2024-06-12183 km wnw of panguna, papua new guinea
- USGS-US6000MZYF · Quakes2024-05-21 → 2024-05-2457 km ne of lae, papua new guinea
- USGS-US6000MXPY · Quakes2024-05-10 → 2024-05-13100 km ssw of kokopo, papua new guinea
- USGS-US6000MVK5 · Quakes2024-05-01 → 2024-05-04107 km ese of kimbe, papua new guinea
- USGS-US7000MC2T · Quakes2024-04-14 → 2024-04-17111 km ese of kimbe, papua new guinea
- USGS-US7000MBQP · Quakes2024-04-12 → 2024-04-15102 km wnw of kirakira, solomon islands
- HYDROPAC 927/24 · Incidents2024-03-20 → 2024-03-2515 foot vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue in vicinity matsungan island (05-23.30S 154-34.57E)
- HYDROPAC 866/24 · Incidents2024-03-15 → 2024-03-21Seven meter vessel, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift between siassi island (05-50.58S…
- USGS-US6000MILG · Quakes2024-03-13 → 2024-03-1668 km ese of kimbe, papua new guinea
- HYDROPAC 461/24 · Incidents2024-02-08 → 2024-02-08Seven meter vessel, white and orange hull, 14 persons on board, overdue mono island (07-21.1S 155-33.1E) to…
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.