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Magnitude 7 earthquake recorded near Solomon Islands, tsunami alert

An earthquake of magnitude 7 was registered a few kilometers from the Solomon Islands archipelago, the American Institute of Geological Studies (USGS) reported on Tuesday.

Following an earthquake in Indonesia, a new tremor was registered on Tuesday in Oceania, near the Solomon Islands. A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Solomon Islands on Tuesday, according to the USGS, with witnesses speaking of tremors that tossed televisions and other objects to the ground.

A tsunami warning was issued about 300 km from the epicenter of the quake, located 55 km from Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. .

On the other hand, “there is no tsunami threat for Australia,” he said a few minutes later in a bulletin from the Australian meteorological service (BOM).

>> More information to come at BFMTV.com

Author: GA with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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