According to USGS, a magnitude 6.0 has struck the Solomon Islands and is the 2nd major quake, (mag 6 or higher) there in the last 2 days and the 3rd major quake in less than 24 hours. A mag 6.3 has rocked the Solomon Islands on Monday. The powerful shallow quake struck at a depth of 18 km (shallow quakes are more powerful than deep quakes).
Last night a massive mag 7.7 and a mag 6.1 were very near misses for Jamaica, Cuba and The Cayman Islands (The same fault line which has rocked Puerto Rico with more than 4,000 quakes since January last year)
Today's quake is the 15th major quake in a very busy January 2020
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