'It's been quite a hectic morning'
Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation journalist Georgina Kekea said locals in Honiara had taken to higher ground as a precaution.
"People here have been woken up by the earthquake, so it's been quite a hectic morning for us," Ms Kekea said.
"Just people running with their belongings, with their kids and all that to the main road, [trying] to get away as far from the coast as possible in fear of a tsunami."
Australian authorities said there was no risk to its coastlines, while the New Zealand Civil Defence office said it had cancelled the country's tsunami threat.