Powerful 7.6 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: USGS

SYDNEY: A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands early Sunday, US officials said, while the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission put out a tsunami warning for the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea.

The US Geological Survey said the quake was measured at a depth of around 29 kilometres (18 miles) and was about 300 kilometres from Solomon Islands´ capital Honiara.