7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes in South Pacific

7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes in South Pacific

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Noumea (AFP) Feb 10, 2021

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific on Thursday, generating a tsunami that threatened island nations in the region. The quake struck at just after midnight on Thursday local time (1320 GMT Wednesday) about 415 kilometres (258 miles) east of Vao in New Caledonia at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey. The US government's NWS Pacific Tsunami W

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