Solomon Islands Quake

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  Tsunami Warning Issued After 7.0 Magnitude Quake Hits Solomon Islands

  A strong 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, with eyewitnesses reporting violent shaking that hurled televisions and other items to the ground.

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  6.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Off Solomon Islands: US Geological Survey

  A 6.8-magnitude quake struck off the Solomon Islands late Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

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  Magnitude 6.6 Earthquake Hits Solomon Islands in the Pacific: US Geological Survey

  A shallow 6.6-magnitude quake hit off the Solomon Islands today, the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no Pacific-wide tsunami expected.

• Magnitude 7.5 quake strikes off Papua New Guinea

  A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck off Papua New Guinea late on Saturday night, the US Geological Survey said, with a tsunami warning issued.

• 6.1-magnitude quake strikes off Solomon Islands

  A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no immediate tsunami warning issued.

• 5.9-magnitude quake strikes off Solomon Islands, no tsunami warning issued

  A 5.9-magnitude quake struck off a remote area of the Solomons Islands Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued for the Pacific nation and a seismologist said there was no cause for concern.

• 6.6 Magnitude quake strikes Papua New Guinea: US Geological Survey

  A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, but a tsunami warning was not issued and no major damage was expected.

• Four more dead in in Solomon Islands quake, aid workers struggle to reach tsunami-hit villages

  Aid workers struggled to reach remote, tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday, as the death toll rose with more bodies found in wrecked homes and debris in the South Pacific island chain.

• Rescue teams scramble to reach tsunami-hit villages in Solomon Islands

  Disaster relief agencies were scrambling today to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands, warning the death toll following a powerful 8.0-magnitude quake is likely to rise.

• 6.2 magnitude aftershock strikes near Solomon Islands

  An earthquake with a preliminary 6.2 magnitude struck near the Solomon Islands on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, the latest in a series of aftershocks following a major tremor that sparked a tsunami which killed at least five people.

• Solomons quake shows might of 'Ring of Fire'

  A huge earthquake that struck off the Solomons Islands on Wednesday was another reminder of the power of the volatile "Ring of Fire", a vast zone of volcanic instability that encircles the Pacific Ocean.

• Five dead as 8.0 quake off Solomons sparks Pacific tsunami

  A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands on Wednesday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coastlines, leaving at least five people dead and dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.

• The Biggest quakes around the world in last hundred years

  The 8.0-magnitude quake that struck off the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, while massive, was far less powerful than other "superquakes" to have struck around the world in recent decades. Here is a list of the greatest earthquakes since the beginning of the 20th century, according to the moment magnitude scale:

• Tsunami threat lifted after big South Pacific quake

  A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, triggering a small tsunami that swept into isolated island communities and sparked tsunami alerts across the South Pacific that were later cancelled.

• 8.0 quake strikes Solomons, sparks Pacific tsunami

  A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake was feared to have flattened villages in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday, and triggered a tsunami with destructive potential for Pacific nations' coasts, monitors said.