Solomon earthquake no threat to Fiji

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Solomon earthquake no threat to Fiji

Update: 5:42PM A 5.3 MAGNITUDE earthquake occurred at 12:37pm this afternoon 415km south east from Honiara, Solomon Islands.

The
moderate sized earthquake occurred with a shallow depth of 10km.

The
earthquake’s source location was 415km south east from Honiara, Solomon Islands,
907km north northwest from Port Vila, Vanuatu and 1801km from Suva, Fiji.

The
Seismology Unit of the Mineral Resources department has confirmed that this
earthquake posed no immediate threat to the Fiji region.