#USGS #earthquake M7.7 earthquake SE of the Loyalty Islands ... 415km / 257mi E of Vao, New Caledonia and 472km / 293mi SSE of Isangel, Vanuatu. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000dg77/executive

#Tsunami threat https://www.tsunami.gov/

TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED
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* TSUNAMI WAVES REACHING 0.3 TO 1 METERS ABOVE THE TIDE LEVEL
ARE POSSIBLE FOR SOME COASTS OF

FIJI... NEW ZEALAND... AND VANUATU.


* TSUNAMI WAVES ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 0.3 METERS ABOVE
THE TIDE LEVEL FOR THE COASTS OF

AMERICAN SAMOA... AUSTRALIA... CHUUK... COOK ISLANDS...
FRENCH POLYNESIA... HOWLAND AND BAKER... JARVIS ISLAND...
KERMADEC ISLANDS... KIRIBATI... KOSRAE... MARSHALL
ISLANDS... NAURU... NEW CALEDONIA... NIUE... PALMYRA
ISLAND... PAPUA NEW GUINEA... POHNPEI... SAMOA... SOLOMON
ISLANDS... TOKELAU... TONGA... TUVALU... AND WALLIS AND
FUTUNA.