Taking to its official Twitter handle, NCS said that the earthquake occurred at 3:49 am IST and struck West North West of Honiara at a depth of 95 kilometres.
Honiara [Solomon Islands], November 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted 133 km southwest of Lata, Solomon Islands at 0039 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.