A shallow 7.1 magnitude earthquake has struck in the Vanuatu Islands.
The US Geological Survey says the quake struck at 12:34am local time (2:34am NZT).
It was centred 124km west of the capital Port Vila on the island of Efate at a depth of 23km.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami, but a localised threat existed.
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