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New Caledonia lifts tsunami warning triggered by Pacific Ocean earthquake

French gendarme patrol at a roundabout in Noumea, New Caledonia on Sunday, December 12, 2021. © Clotilde Richalet, AP

New Caledonia has lifted a tsunami warning triggered after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Friday in the Pacific Ocean southwest of the island.

The quake was detected at a depth of 37 kilometres (23 miles), the US Geological Service said.

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