TOKYO, April 2 (Reuters) - Japan's NHK television said on Monday that at least three people were reported to have died in the Solomon Islands following a powerful earthquake.

NHK quoted a local official, who, speaking by telephone in Gizo, said the 8.1 magnitude quake in the Pacific Ocean caused tidal waves and many houses were destroyed on the coast of Gizo. Three people were found dead in different locations there, he said.

A tsunami warning had been issued for the region.

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