Strong earthquake hits South Pacific, no tsunami warning

NOUMEA: No tsunami warning, A powerful earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck deep under the South Pacific Wednesday but no tsunami warning was issued, US monitors said.

The quake hit at 0946 GMT at a depth of 89 kilometres (56 miles), 324 kilometres east-south-east of Tadine in New Caledonia, the US Geological Survey said.

“No destructive widespread tsunami threat exists based on historical earthquake and tsunami data,” the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.