NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted 149 km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands at 19:37:10 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 12.05 degrees south latitude and 166.08 degrees east longitude. ■