7.5 quake hits off Solomon Islands—USGS

SYDNEY—A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands in the tremor-prone Pacific on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The shallow tremor was centered about 75 kilometers (46 miles) west-northwest of Lata in the Solomon Islands and about 587 kilometers from the capital Honiara, it said.

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