Hi All,

Here's the bulletin from the NEIC for this quake. As you will note one city lies only 30 miles from the epicenter....Petra

The parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the SOLOMON ISLANDS has occurred at:
9.54S 159.51E Depth 33km Sun Dec 23 22:52:57 2001 UTC

Time: Universal Time (UTC) Sun Dec 23 22:52:57 2001
Eastern Standard Time (EST) Sun Dec 23 17:52:57 2001
Central Standard Time (CST) Sun Dec 23 16:52:57 2001
Mountain Standard Time (MST) Sun Dec 23 15:52:57 2001
Pacific Standard Time (PST) Sun Dec 23 14:52:57 2001
Alaska Standard Time (AST) Sun Dec 23 13:52:57 2001

Location with respect to nearby cities:
30 miles (50 km) W of HONIARA, Solomon Islands (pop 43,000)
95 miles (155 km) SW of Auki, Solomon Islands (pop 3,000)
105 miles (175 km) SSE of Dadali, Solomon Islands
1300 miles (2100 km) NNE of Brisbane, Australia