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.
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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% |
Archive · 848 cancelled
- HYDROPAC 3997/23 · Incidents2023-12-23 → 2023-12-24Man overboard from vessel in 05-59.14S 147-46.40E at 230800Z dec
- USGS-US7000LHHY · Quakes2023-12-08 → 2023-12-11247 km w of panguna, papua new guinea
- USGS-US7000LH76 · Quakes2023-12-08 → 2023-12-1148 km se of gizo, solomon islands
- USGS-US6000LPRF · Quakes2023-11-21 → 2023-11-24101 km sse of popondetta, papua new guinea
- USGS-USD00103Z8 · Quakes2023-11-14 → 2023-11-1774 km nne of finschhafen, papua new guinea
- HYDROPAC 3121/23 · Incidents2023-09-30 → 2023-10-08Seven meter vessel, white hull, 14 persons on board, sank in vicinity 06-44.77S 147-34.62E at 260430Z sep
- USGS-US6000LBHD · Quakes2023-09-28 → 2023-10-01117 km sse of kokopo, papua new guinea
- USGS-US7000KVU1 · Quakes2023-09-14 → 2023-09-177 km ne of kandrian, papua new guinea
- HYDROPAC 2749/23 · Incidents2023-08-26 → 2023-08-29Two persons overboard from 23 foot vessel, capsized and adrift, between malasiga (06-41.50S 147-48.00E) and…
- USGS-US6000KZMY · Quakes2023-08-13 → 2023-08-1689 km wsw of kandrian, papua new guinea
- HYDROPAC 2359/23 · Surveys2023-07-19 → 2023-07-26Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V lodbrog in 09-25.16S 159-57.00E
- USGS-US6000KR16 · Quakes2023-07-09 → 2023-07-12Earthquake magnitude 5.5 (mww) in 7.442S 156.082E, depth 19 km at 090006Z jul 23
- HYDROPAC 1822/23 · Incidents2023-06-01 → 2023-06-01M/V alotau, 37 persons on board, disabled and adrift due to rudder damage in vicinity 10-33.38S 151-54.09E…
- USGS-US7000K4JY · Quakes2023-05-28 → 2023-05-3182 km wnw of kirakira, solomon islands
- HYDROPAC 1738/23 · Incidents2023-05-25 → 2023-05-27Canoe, 11 persons on board, disabled and adrift between misima island (10-37.54S 152-31.37E) and panaeati…
- HYDROPAC 1688/23 · Incidents2023-05-21 → 2023-05-21Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 20 meter M/V jeans pride, 50 persons on board, in 08-44.27S…
- USGS-US6000K5GU · Quakes2023-04-19 → 2023-04-2230 km nne of kandrian, papua new guinea
- USGS-US6000K3HC · Quakes2023-04-11 → 2023-04-1432 km nne of kandrian, papua new guinea
- USGS-US6000K05C · Quakes2023-03-27 → 2023-03-30Earthquake magnitude 6.2 (mww) in 8.232S 158.912E, depth 79 km at 272219Z mar 23
- USGS-US7000JI38 · Quakes2023-03-08 → 2023-03-1154 km wsw of panguna, papua new guinea
Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts.