美国地质调查局说，所罗门群岛附近再度发生两次地震。此前一天，位于南太平洋的所罗门群岛发生强烈地震，引发摧毁数百家园的海啸和山体滑坡。美国地质调查局说，所罗门群岛附近星期二先是发生6.9级地震，接着发生5.5级地震，目前没有关于两次地震灾情的报导。
所罗门群岛星期一发生7.2级的强烈地震，地震引发海啸并摧毁了一个村庄的至少200所住房，该村庄位于首都霍尼亚拉以西的伦多瓦岛。这次地震之后，余震持续震动所罗门群岛。官员报告说，当海啸重击海岸线时，所测量到的海啸可能达3米高。他们说，岛上3600名居民中可能有1000人无家可归。目前尚无重大死伤的报导。
The U.S. Geological Survey says two more earthquakes have struck near the Solomon Islands, one day after a powerful quake triggered a tsunami and landslides that destroyed hundreds of homes in the South Pacific island chain.The USGS says a magnitude 6.9 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.5 quake, struck near the islands Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage from those quakes.
Aftershocks continued to shake the Solomons following Monday’s 7.2 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that destroyed at least 200 homes in a village on the island of Rendova, west of the capital, Honiara.Officials report the tsunami may have measured up to three meters high when it struck the coastline.They say as many as 1,000 people may have been left homeless on the island, which has a population of only 3,600.No serious injuries or fatalities have been reported.