South Pacific Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Alert and Threat
TL;DR
The risk of a tsunami in the South Pacific has passed and national warnings have been downgraded after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake southeast of the Loyalty Islands in New Caledonia. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had earlier warned of waves up to 1 metre above tide level across 26 locations in the South Pacific. Vanuatu retracted its warning and said a destructive tsunami is no longer expected. Australia's meteorology bureau issued a tsunami threat for Lord Howe Island, which was later downgraded to a marine warning.
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- Tsunami threat passes in South Pacific after magnitude 7.7 quake off New Caledonia Reuters
- 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes South Pacific, triggers tsunami warning for Vanuatu, Fiji and Kiribati CNN
- 7.7 magnitude earthquake in far Pacific creates small tsunami off Vanuatu The Associated Press
- Magnitude 7.7 earthquake recorded in Pacific Ocean, tsunami alert issued for islands to east of Australia KABC-TV
- Tsunami Warning After Earthquake in South Pacific The New York Times
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