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No tsunami threat to Hawaii after 2 more quakes in Solomon Islands

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Kirakira, Solomon Islands this morning.

Two strong earthquakes off of Kirakira in the Solomon Islands — the same area as yesterday’s 7.7-magnitude temblor — does not pose tsunami threats to Hawaii.

The first quake, measuring in at a preliminary 6.9, struck at 9:10 a.m. Hawaii time, 56.2 miles west-southwest of Kirakira at a depth of 6.2 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The second quake, measuring in at a preliminary magnitude 6.1, struck at 11:38 a.m., 48.7 miles southwest of Kirakira at a depth of 8.7 miles.

“A destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin after the first quake. The PTWC did not issue a bulletin after the second quake.

No serious injuries were immediately reported.

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