Where was the center of the earthquake? [originaltext] Officials in the Solo

Officials in the Solomon Islands say at .least twelve people have been killed by a powerful earthquake and the tsunami that followed. The magnitude 8. 0 quake struck the South Pacific nation at about 7:40 local time. It was centered about 350 kilometers northwest of the Solomon’s capital, Honiara, at a depth of ten kilometers. Charles Stennet from the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporations says the island of Gizo was hit hard.