Photo: USGS
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake was reported on the Greece on Sunday (March 8), according to the United States Geological Survey.
The earthquake was recorded 5.5 kilometers south-southeast of Rodotópi and centered at a depth of 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles) at 3:32 a.m. UTC. The USGS said it received 24 reports of people having felt the earthquake at the time of publication on Sunday.
There are currently no tsunami warnings, according to Tsunami.gov. There were no aftershocks reported at the time of publication.
The 5.5-magnitude earthquake was the largest reported near Rodotópi in the past year, as well as the fourth in the past 30 days and 19th in the past 365 days, according to EarthquakeTrack.com. The Rodotópi earthquake was also the only one measuring at 1.5-magnitude or greater on the Solomon Islands during the past 24 hours, as well as the fifth in the past seven days, 14th in the past 30 days and 150th in the past 365 days, according to EarthquakeTrack.com.
Earthquakes measured between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude can be felt by a large population, however, rarely results in much damage, according to Michigan Tech via the Sacramento Bee. An estimated 500,000 detectable earthquakes are reported worldwide annually, however, around 100,000 are felt and only 100 typically result in serious damage.
Officials strongly advise that anyone caught in an earthquake should drop, cover and hold on, according to the Sacramento Bee.