Global Courant 2023-05-19 10:07:38
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck the South Pacific on Friday, triggering tsunami warnings for a number of Pacific island states.
Waves as high as three feet Vanuatu could hitthe US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s tsunami warning system reported. The authorities in Vanuatuan island nation with a population of about 300,000, urged people in coastal areas to move to higher ground.
The earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands in the French territory of New Caledonia at about 2 p.m. local time on Friday.
The US agency has issued a tsunami warning for coasts within 600 miles of the quake’s epicenter, including Vanuatu. It said waves up to a meter high could hit the coasts of New Caledonia, as well as Fiji, Kiribati, Australia and New Zealand.
The agency initially said waves of up to 3 meters were possible for Vanuatu and up to 1 meter for other countries in the region, but estimates were later revised downwards.
New Zealand National Emergency Management Agency said it expected the country’s coastal areas to experience “strong and unusual currents and unpredictable coastal waves” and urged people along the northeastern coast to move away from beaches, harbors and rivers.
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