« Monthly Newsletter STEP-Pakistan | Main | 82 Countries Sign UN Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities »
April 02, 2007
Powerful earthquake shakes Solomon
A powerful earthquake hit the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific today but there were no reports of injury or damage.
Mr. Edwin Peter BABANISI, a former participant of Leaders' Course 2004 is from Solomon Islands. We hope the earthquake won't cause any damage to the beautiful South Pacific islands.
The following new was downloaded from ABC News Online.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1240451.htm
The US Geological Survey said the quake registered 6.9 on the Richter scale and hit at 9:58am local time. It was 10 kilometres deep and 205 kilometres from the nearest settlement, the regional capital of Kira Kira on San Cristobal Island. State-owned Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation, which maintains a two-way radio service around the scattered island nation, said no one had reported feeling the quake. The Solomon Islands, 2,575 kilometres east of Australia has just under 500,000 people living on dozens of islands. Part of the Pacific "ring of fire", the Solomons frequently reports volcanic and seismic activity.
The secretariat of jicafriends
Posted by jicafriends at April 2, 2007 11:31 AM
Comments
Hi, I am Edwin Peter Babanisi, the survivor of the earthquake that hit the Solomon Islands on 2nd April 2007. The major damage was cause at the western part of the Solomons. I currently live at Honiara.
Posted by: Edwin Peter Babanisi at February 17, 2009 08:03 AM