New Zealand, islands hit with small tsunami caused by 7.7 magnitude earthquake

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake caused a small tsunami to wash ashore on South Pacific islands Friday. No damage has been reported, and the threat passed in a few hours.Waves 2 feet above tide level were measured off Lenakel, a port town in Vanuatu, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Smaller waves were measured by coastal or deep-ocean gauges elsewhere off Vanuatu and off New Caledonia and New Zealand.Vanuatu’s National Disaster Management Office advised people to evacuate from coastal areas to higher grounds. The office said people should listen to their radios for updates and take other precautions.MAGNITUDE 7.1 EARTHQUAKE HITS REMOTE PACIFIC, NO TSUNAMI THREAT Steam billows from Lake Vui in a volcano crater on the island of Ambae, part of the Vanuatu islands chain, on Dec. 8, 2005. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake created small tsunami waves in Vanuatu. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)New Zealand’s National Emergency Management Agency said it expected coastal areas would experience strong and unusual currents, with unpredictable surges at the shoreline. The PTWC said small waves of 8 inches above tides were measured at North Cape, New Zealand.The tsunami danger passed within a few hours, though the center said small sea level changes may continue.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe U.S. Geological Survey said the quake’s epicenter was near the Loyalty Islands, a province in the French territory of New Caledonia. The quake was 23 miles deep.The area is southwest of Fiji, north of New Zealand and east of Australia where the Coral Sea meets the Pacific.The region is part of the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes occur.



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