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Santa Cruz Islands in Pacific Ocean Hit by 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake
Santa Cruz Islands in Pacific Ocean Hit by 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake
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A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit on Wednesday the Santa Cruz Islands, southeastern part of the Solomon Islands, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center... 25.01.2017, Sputnik International
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Santa Cruz Islands in Pacific Ocean Hit by 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake
03:06 GMT 25.01.2017 (Updated: 13:07 GMT 09.02.2023) A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit on Wednesday the Santa Cruz Islands, southeastern part of the Solomon Islands, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center reported.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The tremors were registered at 01:10 GMT some 230 kilometers (over 140 miles) northwest of the Vanuatu’s town of Sola.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 30 kilometers (over 19 miles).
There are no reports about damages and victims.
The Solomon Islands are located in a seismically active zone known as the Ring of Fire and regularly suffer from powerful earthquakes.
