Rescuers struggle to aid Solomons quake victims
- Published: 8 Feb 2013 at 13.44
- Online news: Asia
Relief workers scrambled to reach quake-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands Saturday, with "unusual seismic activity" sighted as strong aftershocks continued to jolt the remote Pacific region.
This photo, taken on February 7, 2013, by World Vision, shows damage to a house in the village of Louva, caused by a tsunami in the Santa Cruz Islands region of the Solomons Islands. Relief workers scrambled to reach quake-ravaged villages in the Solomons on Saturday, with "unusual seismic activity" sighted as strong aftershocks continued to jolt the remote Pacific region.
Pungent steam was reportedly rising from cracks in the ground three days after a deadly 8.0-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami in the region, killing at least 13 people, destroying villages and leaving thousands homeless.
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