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The National Emergency Management Agency and GNS Science say they are assessing whether a tsunami warning needs to be issued in this country after a big 7-point-9 magnitude quake close to New Caledonia.
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They say if any tsunami from this area – southeast of the Loyalty Islands – were to affect New Zealand, it would not arrive for three hours.
The quake happened at 20 minutes past 2 o’clock this morning.
