Category Solomon Islands

Magnitude 5.7 Earthquake Depth 25 km Strikes Solomon Islands on 16th May 2026

Rocky coastal cove with two boats at sunset

The islands have been settled since at least some time between 30,000 and 28,800 BC, with later waves of migrants, notably the Lapita people, mixing and producing the modern indigenous Solomon Islanders population. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first…