# Solomon Islands Hit By Tsunami **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solomon-islands-hit-by-tsunami/398391 "2007-04-02T05:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solomon-islands-hit-by-tsunami/398391/1 "2007-04-02T05:44:01Z")
[Death toll low so far.](http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Tsunami-hits-Solomons-eight-feared-dead/2007/04/02/1175366110561.html) > [@](#): > > At least six people were killed and many others were missing after a huge undersea earthquake off the Solomon Islands, chief government spokesman Alfred Maesulia told CNN. > > The shallow quake, with a magnitude of at least 8.0, levelled buildings and damaged a hospital on Gizo Island northwest of the Solomons capital, Honiara, while a tsunami sucked homes into the sea as thousands of panicked residents fled for higher ground. Reports are sketchy, but I have a feeling that when it’s sorted out, it’s going to have been a very bad one. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solomon-islands-hit-by-tsunami/398391/2 "2007-04-02T06:02:02Z")
I suspect you’re right. The tsunami warning was being taken seriously this morning in Sydney. The beaches were closed and some ferry services were cancelled. I heard reports that several cargo ships went back out to sea rather than remain berthed in Botany Bay. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solomon-islands-hit-by-tsunami/398391/3 "2007-04-02T16:44:09Z")
Oy. That’s terrible.