Powerful quake strikes near Solomons

HONIARA, Solomon Islands - A powerful earthquake struck deep beneath the ocean floor near the Solomon Islands on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.No tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.The USGS measured the quake's preliminary magnitude at 6.9 and said it struck about 60 miles south of the remote Santa Cruz Islands in the South Pacific. The depth was 22 miles beneath the sea floor, it said.
An aftershock measuring magnitude 5.4 hit the area about 90 minutes later, it said.The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the available data suggested there was no danger of a tsunami.Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office director Loti Yates said initial radio reports from the remote island group indicated there had been "no casualties and minimal if any damage."The Solomons Islands are comprised of more than 200 islands with a population of about 552,000 people. They lie on the Pacific Basin's so-called "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines where quakes are frequent.An April 2 earthquake and tsunami in the Solomons caused widespread destruction on some islands and killed at least 50 people.
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