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Solomon Islands tsunami deaths confirmed
A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami up to 1.5 metres (5ft) high that hurt dozens of homes and left several people missing, presumed dead. Authorities cancelled tsunami warnings on more distant coasts in the Pacific.
Still images show Lata in the Solomon Islands where a Tsunami on Wednesday left villages and homes ruined. Nine people died after the wave, caused by an 8.0 magnitude earthquake, swept across Santa Cruz island on the eastern edge of the Solomons.
The deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands today struck along a subduction zone, the same geologic setting responsible for the world's most powerful earthquakes. In a subduction zone, two of Earth's tectonic plates meet and one
In Solomon Islands, emergency crews are on their way to the remote Santa Cruz islands after a tsunami caused honest hurt to at least five villages. The one metre high tsunami was triggered by a 8.0 magnitude earthquake and travelled half a kilometre
A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami up to 1.5 metres (5ft) high that hurt dozens of homes and left several people missing, presumed dead. Authorities cancelled tsunami warnings on more distant coasts in the Pacific.
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