Tsunami Strikes Solomons

Tsunami Hits Solomon Islands in South Pacific
At Least 13 Killed; Death Toll Expected to Rise
By GEORGE HERMING
AP

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (April 2) - "Bodies floated out to sea and thousands of residents camped out overnight Tuesday on a hillside above a devastated town in the western Solomon Islands after a tsunami that struck without warning washed away coastal villages, killing at least 13 people. The death toll was expected to rise.

The tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 8.0 quake that struck shortly after 7:39 a.m. Monday six miles beneath the sea floor, about 25 miles from the western island of Gizo and 215 miles northwest of the Solomons' capital, Honiara, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake - the strongest in the Solomons in more than three decades."

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