The United States Tsunami Warning Center lifted an alert over the South Pacific on Friday, around three hours after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the region
“Based on all available data, the tsunami threat from this earthquake has now passed,” the center said in a report. Earlier, people living in the region had been advised to avoid coastal areas after the US Geological Survey said a 7.7 magnitude earthquake with a depth of 38 kilometers struck the region. The epicenter of the quake was near the Loyalty Islands of the French territory New Caledonia, to the west of Fiji and Vanuatu, according to the US National Tsunami Warning Center.
However, a tsunami warning issued by Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology for sparsely populated Lord Howe Island, off the country’s east coast, remains in force – though the bureaus says no threat has been detected for mainland Australia. New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency said in a tweet that its tsunami advisory also remained in effect, warning that strong currents and surges had the potential to injure or drown people in the water. The quake was first reported to be a 7.
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