A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook the Solomon Islands, making it the third earthquake recorded off the Australian coast in less than 24 hours.
The quake occurred at a depth of 60 kilometers and the epicenter was located 79 kilometers south of Panguna, Papua New Guinea.
The Bureau of Meteorology has said there is no tsunami threat to Australia.
This comes after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook Tonga at around 9:30 am local time.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 112 km and the epicenter was located 70 km northwest of Fangale’ounga, Ha’apai on Foa Island, the US Geological Survey said.
Tongan officials urged people to “immediately evacuate inland” and tsunami sirens sounded on the island until the threat passed on Monday afternoon.
Vanuatu was also rocked by an earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale at around 9.30am local time on Sunday.
The undersea earthquake struck north of Vanuatu’s capital Port Villa at about 9:23 a.m. local time at a depth of 32 km, government-run portal Geoscience Australia said.
More to come.