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A low level tsunami alert has been issued for New Zealand following an earthquake measuring 7.8 in Vanuatu.
The earthquake struck northwest of Santo Vanuatu at 11.03am today.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii has issued a tsunami warning in effect for Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Kiribati, Kosrae, Wallis-Futuna and Howland-Baker.
A tsunami watch has been advised for New Zealand and Australia as well as Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands and Indonesia. Any wave would reach New Zealand around 2.34pm and is expected to strike East Cape at 3.16pm.
The epicentre was located 373 km north-northwest of Santo, Vanuatu, at a depth of 33 km, the US Geological Survey reports. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
New Zealand Civil Defence national public information manager Vince Cholewa says an advisory would be released to broadcasters shortly.
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Sunlive first to news again!
Posted on 08-10-2009 13:43 | By mrsfruitloop
Thanks again team! Once again you have kept the Bay updated and informed of the earthquakes that have been reported today throughout the South Pacific...none of the NZ television channels were updating the potential threat, and the only other place to find information was on the Sky Network News (channel 90)....is it realsitic for most kiwis to tune into Aussie news??? I think not. Notably, my sister had been driving around listening to a local station and had not heard of any threat. As we have family currently living in Papua New Guinea, it was important for us to be informed of what is happening out there. Thanks SunLive...I look forward to my daily updates!Keep rowing the boat, you are an asset to our region!!
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