SYDNEY: A 6.9-magnitude
earthquake struck off the Solomon
Islands in the Pacific on Thursday,
the US Geological Survey said, but
no tsunami warning was issued.
The quake hit at a depth of 19
kilometres (11 miles), some 184
kilometres from Lata and 487
kilometres from the capital Honiara.
"Based on all available data there is
no tsunami threat from this
earthquake," the Pacific Tsunami
Warning centre said.