A 7.2 magnitude earthquake destroyed about 500 homes in Solomon Islands according to officials. The National Disaster Management Office assumed that thousands of people lost their homes because the average home in the Solomon Islands would house 4-5 people.

"There are 500 homes that have been affected but not all have been totally destroyed," Disaster Management Office spokesman Julian Makaa told AFP.

Tarpaulins,food and a patrol boat has been dispatched from the capital Honiara for the worst affected areas of Rendova Island and Marova Lagoo. The quake struck about 103 km from the island town of Gizo early Monday that measure a depth of about 30km.

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