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Magnitude 6.3 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: EMSC

Reuters | Posted: Jan. 27, 2020, 5:33 a.m. | Updated: Jan. 27, 2020, 3:31 a.m. | 1 Min Read

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(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said http://bit.ly/2GodlxB on Monday.

There was no immediate report of damage or casualties in the quake, which the monitoring agency said struck at a depth of 48 km (30 miles).

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)

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