No tsunami warning after second strong quake off Solomon Islands
Two strong earthquakes struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands on Friday afternoon but did not trigger any tsunami warnings for Hawaii.
At 11:45 a.m. Friday, a preliminary magnitude 6.8 quake hit the Solomon Islands’ Santa Cruz region, 127 miles east-southeast of Kirakira, Solomon Islands, at a depth of 4.35 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website.
A second preliminary magnitude 6.8 quake hit at 2 p.m. Hawaii time 99 miles east-southeast of Kirakira, Solomon Islands, at depth of 6.21 miles, the U.S. Geological Survey website reported.
No injuries were immediately reported.
