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Magnitude 6.7 quake strikes Solomon Islands

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Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:01pm EDT

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.7 quake struck the Solomon Islands to the northeast of Australia on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site.

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The USGS, monitored in Singapore, said the quake's epicenter was about 2 km (about one mile) under the sea and occurred 75 km (45 miles) west-south-west of Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands.

There were no immediate reports of damage and the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement on its Web site that a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami was not expected.
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