A very strong earthquake of magnitude 7.7 that in New Caledonia triggers evacuation in the area affected by the earthquake and the tsunami warning. The earthquake was recorded at 1:57 pm (4:57 am in Italy) off the archipelago, in the southwest Pacific Ocean, close to Australia. Warning sirens began to sound and people were urged to leave areas close to shore.
According to data from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology of Italy (INGV) and the US geological monitoring service USGS, the earthquake had its hypocenter just 6 km deep and its epicenter in the sea not far from the island of Grande Terre.
About an hour after the violent shock, the tsunami warning was lifted. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has defined possible waves of up to 1 meter for Fiji, New Caledonia, Kiribati and New Zealand. Smaller waves in Papua New Guinea, Guam and other Pacific islands.
Source: IL Tempo
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