It is noted that the tremors were recorded at 10:03 Chinese time (05:03 Moscow time).
The epicenter of the fluctuations was located 56 km from the country's capital, Honiara.
The material says that the US National Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert that a tsunami is possible due to the earthquake within 300 km from the epicenter.
Earlier, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 occurred in the Kamchatka Bay off the eastern coast of the peninsula.
In addition, tremors with a magnitude of 5.1 were recorded near the Kuril Islands.