The quake hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), 56 kilometres from the capital Honiara.
It came a day after a 6.9-magnitude quake struck off the coast, followed by a smaller 4.9-magnitude aftershock. No major damage had been expected from the earlier tremors.
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