ʻO kekahi mau mokupuni o ka Pākīpika, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Papua New Guinea a me Vanuatu, ua loaʻa i kahi makaʻu pōkole, ma hope o kahi ʻōlaʻi 7.0-magnitude i pā i ka mokupuni ʻo Solomona, e hoʻoulu ai i ka makaʻu i nā nalu kai eʻe weliweli ma ka ʻāina.
E like me ka Nūhou Nūhou o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa (USGS), ua ōlaʻi ma kahi o 2am GMT i ka Pōʻalua, ma kahi o 56 mau mile (35 mau mile) ma ke komohana hema o ke kapikala ʻo Solomon Islands, ʻo Honiara.
Ua ukali ʻia ka ōlaʻi mua e kahi haʻalulu 6.0 ma kahi o 30 mau minuke ma hope, a me kekahi mau haʻalulu nāwaliwali ʻē aʻe ma ia wahi.
Ua hoʻopuka ka US Pacific Tsunami Warning Center i ka ʻōlelo aʻo "nā nalu kai eʻe weliweli" ma hope o ke ōlaʻi, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana hiki ke piʻi ka wai i hoʻokahi mika ma luna o ke kai no nā Solomons, a hiki i 30 kenimika ma nā kahakai o Papua New Guinea a me Vanuatu.
Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka Service Meteorological Service ma hope mai ʻaʻohe pilikia o ke kai eʻe, ʻoiai ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka ʻoihana no ka ikaika ʻole o ke kai ma kekahi mau kahakai. "Ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā kamaʻāina e makaʻala no ka mea e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomau ʻia nā aftershocks," ma ka uia pūnaewele.
Kuhina Nui o Solomona Ua ʻōlelo ke keʻena o Manasseh Sogavare ʻaʻohe pōʻino nui ma ke kūlanakauhale nui a ʻaʻole i haʻi i nā mea i make akā ua hoʻohui ʻia ua hoʻomaka nā ʻōlaʻi i ka pau ʻana o ka mana.
ʻO ka ʻoihana hoʻolaha kūhelu o nā mokupuni, ua hōʻike ʻia ua pau nā lawelawe lekiō.
Noho ʻo Solomon Islands ma kahi ʻāpana ʻōlaʻi o ka papa tectonic Australia i kapa ʻia ʻo "Ring of Fire." ʻO ia kekahi o nā wahi ʻoi loa o ka seismically i ka honua ma muli o ka hoʻohui mau ʻana ma waena o ka Australian a me ka Pākīpika, e kaomi ana kekahi i kekahi a hana i nā kaomi nui e hiki ke hana i nā ʻōlaʻi.
ʻO ke ōlaʻi nui ma ke kakahiaka Poalua ua emi iho ma mua o hoʻokahi lā ma hope o kekahi haʻalulu nui 5.6-magnitude i paʻi iā Indonesia - e noho pū ana hoʻi ma ka 'Ring of Fire' - ua make ma mua o 100 mau kānaka, e like me ka National Disaster Management Agency.
