11 Feb 2021

Tsunami warning issued in pacific after earthquake hits near New Caledonia

From Morning Report, 6:42 am on 11 February 2021

A major 7.7 earthquake has hit near New Caledonia at a depth of 25 kilometres deep and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued warnings for hazardous tsunami waves within 1000 kilometres of the epicentre.

For more detailed information on this earthquake, Susie Ferguson spoke to to the duty seismologist at GNS, Dr John Ristau.