Weather.com - 2/06/13, AFP
The red dot depicts the center of the earthquake, which was registered in the Santa Cruz Islands region northeast of Australia. Image: USGS.
A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands, with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coastlines, leaving at least five people dead and dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.
A quake-generated wave of just under three feet reached parts of the Solomons, and Vanuatu and New Caledonia also reported rising sea levels, before a region-wide tsunami alert was lifted.
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