Earthquake Hits Solomon Islands
Pastor Dale Morgan
Earthquake Hits Solomon Islands*
Sunday April 29, 2007 8:46 AM
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (AP) - A moderate earthquake toppled
several houses Sunday in the Solomon Islands near where a quake and
tsunami killed 52 people earlier this month, an official said.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 5.4 quake struck
mid-afternoon local time, 25 miles southeast of the region's main town
of Gizo and 6 miles beneath the earth's crust. The quake was too small
to pose a tsunami risk.
Provincial government member Danny Kennedy said there were reports of
houses being toppled on the island of Mono in the western Solomons, but
he said Gizo appeared to have suffered little damage. There were no
reports of casualties.
``It certainly shook us quite a lot,'' Kennedy said.
A magnitude 8.1 quake and tsunami on April 2 killed 52 people, including
33 on Gizo island.