Foreign countries|Earthquakes
The Pacific Warning Center says that tsunami waves are possible within a radius of 1,000 kilometers from the epicenter.
In the Pacific Ocean a tsunami warning has been issued on Friday. The warning was triggered by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in the Loyalty Island area of New Caledonia, local authorities said, among other things, according to the Reuters news agency.
New Caledonia is a special territory belonging to France in the Pacific Ocean.
According to the news agency AFP, the Pacific Warning Center says that tsunami waves are possible within a radius of 1,000 kilometers from the epicenter.
of the United States of the geological research center According to the USGS the earthquake occurred at a depth of about 38 kilometers.
According to the US Tsunami Warning System, the earthquake triggered a warning of a possible tsunami in the areas of New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu.
According to Reuters, New Zealand says it is currently assessing whether the earthquake poses a tsunami threat to its coasts.
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