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Earthquake triggers South Pacific tsunami warning Tsunami warning cancelled after South Pacific earthquake
(about 1 hour later)
A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit near the Solomon Islands, triggering a tsunami warning in a wide area of the South Pacific. The tsunami threat from a large earthquake off the Solomon Islands has largely passed, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has said.
The quake struck at 4.38am on Friday (local time) at a depth of 30 miles (50km), the US Geological Survey said. It was initially reported to be of magnitude 8.0. The 7.7 magnitude quake sparked a tsunami warning across a wide area of the South Pacific after it struck at a depth of about 49km at 4.38am local time on Friday.
“Hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within the next three hours along some coasts of Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tuvalu and Kosrae,” the US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said. But in updated advice, the warning centre said all available data indicated the tsunami threat had largely passed.
Hawaii was briefly put placed under a tsunami watch, but that was later cancelled. The centre had warned of possible tsunami waves for islands including the Solomons, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, New Caledonia, Tuvalu and Kosrae.
Hawaii was also briefly put placed under a tsunami watch.
“Based on all available data, there is no tsunami threat to the state of Hawaii,” the PTWC said.“Based on all available data, there is no tsunami threat to the state of Hawaii,” the PTWC said.
Australian authorities also said there was no risk to its coastlines, while the New Zealand Civil Defence office said it was evaluating the threat. Australian and New Zealand authorities said there was no risk to the coastlines of either country.
The PTWC said it would issue hourly messages until the threat had passed.