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EARTHQUAKE IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS

The movement was recorded at 10.3 km deep and 135 km S of Auki, Malaita. There were no reported casualties or damage. Center Alerts Pacific Tsunami warning not given a date.
An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude on the Richter scale hit the Solomon Islands yesterday in the Pacific Ocean, but the time has transpired, caused casualties or damage.
In 2007, a 8.1-degree earthquake generated a tsunami that killed several people, destroying much of the island of Gizo, west of the Solomon Islands as a whole to which it belongs.
The Tsunami Warning Center Pacific Ocean belonging to a warning issued no risk of tidal wave.
The movement occurred at 18:42 local time capital Honiara Solomon Islands, 05:10 time of Argentina, the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
Its epicenter located at 10.3 miles deep, was located 87 kilometers southeast of the city once named.
The Solomon sit on the "Ring of Fire," an area of \u200b\u200bgreat seismic and volcanic activity shaken by thousands of earthquakes per year, mostly moderate.
Magnitude: 5.9
Date-Time: Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 6:42:34 PM local time at epicenter
Location: 9.98S 160.53E, Depth: 10.3 km.
Region: Solomon Islands. - Reference: 87 km SE of Honiara, Guadalcanal - Solomon Islands, 135 km S of Auki, Malaita - Solomon Islands, 160 km WNW of Kira Kira, San Cristobal - Solomon Islands, 2093 km NNE of BRISBANE, Queensland - Australia.