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Australia on tsunami watch after New Caledonia quake

Australia is on tsunami watch after an earthquake of magnitude 7.7 near New Caledonia. Photo: AAP

The Australian island of Lord Howe Island is on tsunami watch following a massive undersea earthquake in the Pacific.

People across the South Pacific – including in New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Zealand – were all told to avoid coastal areas due to the risk of tsunami waves following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake on Friday southeast of the Loyalty Islands in the French territory of New Caledonia.

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