SYDNEY -- Strong aftershocks rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday, hampering relief efforts to tsunami-ravaged villages and forcing the South Pacific nation's prime minister to forgo a visit to the stricken area, where nine deaths have been confirmed.
The Solomon Islands has officially declared a state of disaster for the Santa Cruz islands after Wednesday's earthquake and tsunami. Strong aftershocks in the Solomons Islands have been hampering efforts to reach tsunami-hit villages. Officials say the
10:49pm February 8, 2013. A 7.1-magnitude earthquake has hit off the Solomon Islands, two days after an 8.0-magnitude quake sparked a tsunami, but there was no threat of a widespread destructive wave this time, US agencies say. Flight attendant fired
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.
A powerful 7.1 earthquake rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday morning in the Pacific Ocean.
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