Two earthquakes, one a magnitude 7.2 quake, have struck near Solomon Islands, the US Geological Survey said Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage.
The larger quake, at 9:36am local time was centred 103km southeast of Gizo, the USGS said. It followed an earlier magnitude 6.5 quake that struck at 8:48am local (2148 GMT Sunday) and was centred 90km southeast of Gizo at a depth of 10km.
There were no warnings posted on the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre website.
Gizo was badly damaged and more than 50 people killed when a magnitude 8.1 quake struck on April 2, 2007, sending a tsunami crashing into the coast.
AP