Tsunami risk as 7.7 quake hits Solomon Islands

A beach near Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. File picture: Reuters

A beach near Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu. File picture: Reuters

Published Dec 8, 2016

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An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 hit

off the Solomon Islands at 1738 GMT on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. The quake was initially reported to be

of magnitude 8.0.

"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 Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. 

Reuters

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