Earthquake of magnitude 6.0 hits Solomon Islands
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n earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale struck rocked the Solomon Islands early Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no initial reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
Taking to its official Twitter handle, NCS said that the earthquake occurred at 349 am IST and struck West North West of Honiara at a depth of 95 kilometres.
NCS in a tweet stated, "Earthquake of Magnitude6.0, Occurred on 28-03-2023, 034920 IST, Lat -8.62 and Long 158.37, Depth 95 Km, Location 198km WNW of Honiara, Solomon Islands."
Further details are awaited.
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