Another quake strikes off Solomon Islands

February 09, 2013 00:20

Another earthquake, this one reading7.0 on the Richter scale, hit off the Solomon Islands, thelatest massive aftershock following a 8.0-magnitude quakewhich sparked a tsunami three days ago, US seismologists said.

The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 2:26A.M. (1526 GMT) near the Santa Cruz Islands, which are part ofthe Solomons, at a depth of 26km.

As with an earlier major aftershock initially measured at 7.1 but later revised down to 6.8-magnitude, the quake was notexpected to generate a widespread tsunami, the Pacific TsunamiWarning Centre said.

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