A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked southeast of the Loyalty Islands on Wednesday morning.
The United States Geological Survey detected the earthquake at 5:20 am with an epicenter 257.3 miles east of Vao, New Caledonia. With a magnitude of 7.7 and a depth of 6.22 miles, this earthquake can be felt far beyond the epicenter and is potentially disastrous.
In the past seven days, eight other earthquakes occurred over 3.0 to 160 kilometers from this area.
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