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Quake off Vanuatu prompts tusnami warning
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.4 quake off the southern Pacific Ocean island of Vanuatu prompted a tsunami warning for the nearby Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, the Pacific Tsunami warning Center said on Thursday.
It said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 7.6, was 22.4 miles deep and centered 133 miles northwest of Santo in Vanuatu. It struck at 4:14 a.m. on Friday.
"An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicenter within minutes to hours," the tsunami center said, adding that it was not yet clear whether a tsunami had actually been generated.
It said the warning was in effect for the region only and that it would not expand to other areas of the Pacific based on the information known so far.
(Reporting by Sandra Maler, Editing by Philip Barbara)
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