According to the Japan Meteorological Agency from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, at round 9:56 a.m. Japan time on the sixteenth, there was a magnitude 7.1 earthquake with an epicenter within the Kermadec Islands within the South Pacific.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, there’s a risk {that a} tsunami will happen close to the epicenter, however there will probably be no tsunami affect on Japan from this earthquake.
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South Pacific Kermadec Islands M7.1 earthquake No tsunami affect on Japan | NHK
