Another Powerful Earthquake strikes Solomon Islands*
* From: AFP
* January 09, 2010 6:26PM
Another 6.3-MAGNITUDE earthquake has struck near the Solomon Islands,
seismologists say, but there is no immediate tsunami warning.
The US Geological Survey said today's quake was measured at a depth of
about 35km and struck 146km southeast of the town of Gizo.
Like much of the Pacific, the Solomons regularly experiences earthquakes.