31 Oct 2017

Magnitude 7 quake near New Caledonia

3:05 pm on 31 October 2017

A magnitude 7 earthquake has struck off New Caledonia.

There was no tsunami threat, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

There was no tsunami threat, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Photo: PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER

The epicentre was about 118 kilometres east of the town of Tadine in the Loyalty Islands.

The quake, was at a shallow depth of 15 kilometres, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii, which says a tsunami is not expected.