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A tsunami warning has been issued after a 7.0 magnitude hit the Solomon Islands just after midday.<br>The US Tsunami Warning System issued a tsunami warning following an earthquake at Malango in the Solomon Islands at 1.03pm AEDT.<br>A second earthquake measuring 6.0 struck nearby 30 minutes later, with five earthquakes recorded within a 90-minute period in the region.<br>The 7.0 magnitude quake's epicentre was registered around 56km south-west of the capital, Honiara, according to the United States Geological Survey. <br>The Bureau of Meteorology tweeted that Australia was under no tsunami threat as a result of the quake. <br> (image: ) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told federal parliament on Tuesday afternoon that the roof of the Australian High Commission in Honiara had collapsed.<br>He said Commission staff were seeking to confirm the safety of all Australians. <br>'There are difficulties because phone lines have gone down. So there are communication difficulties there,' Mr Albanese said.<br>'We have contacted Prime Minister Sogavare to once again indicate Australia stands ready to assist. <br>'We have historically played an important role in the Solomon Islands.'<br> (image: ) The 7.0 magnitude quake's epicentre was registered around 56km south-west of the capital, Honiara, according to the United States Geological Survey<br> (image: ) Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the High Commission is seeking to confirm the safety of all Australians after the building's roof collapsed during the earthquake<br>Following the earthquakes, the Solomon Islands Meteorological Service said there was no immediate tsunami threat to the region, however, warned about unusual sea currents on the coast.<br>The US Tsunami Warning System predicts waves to reach between 0.3 metres and one metre above the tide level for some of the Solomon Islands' coastline.<br>In Papua New Guinea tsunami waves are also forecast but are expected to be less than 0.3 metres. <br>No <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website threat to Australia from magnitude 7.0 <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website near Solomon Islands. Latest advice at <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website Bureau of Meteorology, Australia (@BOM_au) <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 22, 2022</a> The Solomon Islands has been hit with four earthquakes in the past hour. <br />Geoscience Australia has recorded the largest at 6.9<br />(No tsunami threat to Australia.) <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website Josh Bavas (@JoshBavas) <a rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website 22, 2022</a> Locals in the capital Honiara reported feeling violent shaking causing items to fall to the ground.<br>Honiara resident Adilah Dolaiano told <a style="font-weight: bold;" class="class" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" website News</a> he was getting into his car when he felt the ground shake.<br>'It was like when you're on a ferry and you're crossing rough waters,' he said.<br>'I was a bit scared, to be honest. My car was swaying from side to side.<br>'There were melons and mangoes and vegetables thrown off the stalls and the poor women were shouting.' <br>Mr Dolaiano said most of the houses are not built to sustain a tsunami but right now he is just 'on alert'.<br>TV journalist Harish Deshmukh also tweeted vision of an office, believed to be in Honiara, shaking violently during the quake.<br>It is understood parts of the capital have also lost power. <br>The Solomon Islands sit on the Pacific Ring of Fire - an arc along the Pacific Ocean rim known for earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. <br>Earlier on Tuesday an undersea earthquake struck off the coast of New South Wales.<br>The magnitude 3.3 earthquake hit just before 8am off the coast of Bateman's Bay on the south coast. <br>There have been no reports of damage, and no one in Australia has reported feeling the quake.<br> (image: ) A magnitude 3.3 undersea earthquake struck off the southern NSW coast shortly before 8am<br>The tremor comes just a day after an earthquake hit Indonesia's main island killing more than 160 and injuring 700 last night. On Tuesday afternoon the death toll was expected to rise above 300.<br>The magnitude 5.6 tremor hit West Java near the town of Cianjur, around 45 miles south of the capital Jakarta, at 1.21pm local time.<br>The quake triggered a landslide and collapsed buildings in hard-hit Cianjur - where most of the deaths were reported - but also shook tower blocks in Jakarta for three terrifying minutes as people rushed on to the streets. <br>More than 2,000 houses were damaged and 13,000 people have been displaced and taken to evacuation centres as a result, according to local authorities.<br>Shallow quakes tend to be more destructive than deeper earthquakes because deeper quakes travel further to the surface, losing energy along the way.<br>'I regret to inform that 162 are dead,' West Java governor Ridwan Kamil said in a video. Adam, the spokesman for the local administration in Cianjur town in West Java, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, confirmed the toll to AFP.<br> (image: ) People wounded in an earthquake that struck near the town of Cianjur, in Indonesia, receive treatment in the car park of a local hospital after the ward was overwhelmed<br> (image: ) (image: ) Civilians wounded by the earthquake that struck Cinajur, a town on Indonesia's main island of West Java, lay on stretchers outside a local hospital as they are treated by medics<br> (image: ) The remains of a building flattened in the earthquake which struck the island of West Java are seen in the town of Cianjur<br>Several landslides were reported around Cianjur. Dozens of buildings were damaged, including an Islamic boarding school, a hospital and other public facilities.<br>Herman Suherman, a local, said 20 deaths and 300 injuries had been counted in a single hospital - and that toll is likely to rise as more buildings are searched.<br>He said relatives of victims had congregated at the town's Sayang hospital.<br>'We are currently handling people who are in an emergency state in this hospital. The ambulances keep on coming from the villages to the hospital,' he said.<br>'There are many families in villages that have not been evacuated.'<br>The quake was felt strongly in the greater Jakarta area. High rises in the capital swayed and some were evacuated.<br>'The quake felt so strong. My colleagues and I decided to get out of our office on the ninth floor using the emergency stairs,' said Vidi Primadhania, an employee in South Jakarta.<br>Earthquakes occur frequently across the sprawling archipelago nation, but it is uncommon for them to be felt in Jakarta.<br>Cianjur police chief Doni Hermawan told Metro TV authorities had rescued a woman and a baby from a landslide but a third person they found had died of their injuries.<br> (image: ) The quake's epicentre was a few miles to the west of Cianjur, which seems to be the worst-hit town, but also caused high-rise buildings to shake in the capital Jakarta<br>Other broadcasters showed several buildings in Cianjur with their roofs collapsed and debris lining the streets.<br>The country's meteorological agency warned residents near the quake to watch out for more tremors.<br>'We call on people to stay outside the buildings for now as there might be potential aftershocks,' the head of Indonesia's meteorological agency, Dwikorita Karnawati, told reporters.<br>There were no reports of casualties or major damage in the capital of Jakarta, where people rushed out of buildings.<br>Mayadita Waluyo, a 22-year-old lawyer, described how panicked workers ran for the exits of their building in Jakarta as the quake struck.<br> (image: ) (image: ) Street signs buckle and rubble from houses blocks the street (right) in the town of Cianjur after it was hit by a powerful earthquake on Monday<br>'I was working when the floor under me was shaking. I could feel the tremor clearly. I tried to do nothing to process what it was but it became even stronger and lasted for some time,' she said.<br>'I feel a bit dizzy now and my legs are also a bit cramped because I had to walk downstairs from the 14th floor.'<br>Hundreds were waiting outdoors after the quake including some in hard hats to protect from falling debris, an AFP reporter there said.<br>Indonesia experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity due to its position on the Pacific 'Ring of Fire', where tectonic plates collide.<br>A 6.2-magnitude quake that shook Sulawesi island in January last year killed more than <a href="http://catalinasafari.com/__media__/js/netsoltrademark.php?d=https://togelshiohk.com/">situs bandar togel bet 100</a> people and left thousands homeless.<br> adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement
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