Tag: Solomon Islands
Earthquake Strikes California Coast
A 6.5 earthquake stuck off coast of Northern California, 33 miles from Eureka and 22 miles from Ferndale.
It happened on Saturday at 4:27 pm PST or 7:27 pm ET.
PST means Pacific Standard Time.
ET means Eastern Time.
The earthquake shook buildings, broke windows, glasses and plates, caused water, gas and sewer leak.
In Eureka some traffic lights fell down.
Some television sets and shelves also fell down.
Some refrigerators moved during the earthquake.
Anyway no building had collapsed.
There is no serious injury reported so far.
Anyway there are a lot of debris and broken glasses all around.

Some places are without electricity and water.
A lot of earthquakes happened in California.
Earthquake is a disaster.
Last week three countries were hit by earthquakes and caused a tsunami in Solomon Islands.
I think we must keep our important things in a safe place.
Important things are like :
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Plates
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Fire extinguisher
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Food
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Computer
Eureka
Three Countries Hit By Earthquakes
These are the news from CNN:
A pair of earthquakes hit Solomon Islands Monday morning, and another struck the Philippines, according to the U.S. Geological Service.
One quake, with a magnitude of 5.3, hit the Philippines at 5:38 a.m. (4:38 p.m. Sunday ET), near the eastern-most island of Mindanao, the agency reported.
The Solomon Islands experienced a 6.3-magnitude quake at 8:48 a.m. (4:48 p.m. Sunday ET), and another 7.2-magnitude tremor hit less than an hour later.
The quake shook Tajikistan’s mountainous Gorno-Badakhshan province about 7:15 a.m. local time.
The 20,000 people were left homeless in the villages of Rog and Gishkon, where 1,050 mud dwellings were destroyed, according Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency.
The U.S. Geological Survey classified the quake as a magnitude 5.3. It was centered 80 km (50 miles) north of Korough, Tajikistan, and was about 44.5 km (27.7 miles) below the Earth’s surface, the USGS said.
Earthquake is a disaster.
Earthquake can kill many people and animals.
If a strong earthquake happens in the sea it can cause a tsunami.
Tsunami is also a disaster and can kill many people and animals.
A lot of tsunamis happened in Japan.
Japan is in Asia, in the western Pacific Ocean.
Solomon Islands is near Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean.
The Philippines is in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean.
Tajikistan is in Central Asia near Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China.