The Loyalty Islands region has just been shaken (13:19:57 UTC) by a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.6. The epicenter was located 401 km east of Tadine on New Caledonia. The earthquake focus was located at a depth of only 2 km. Should the information be confirmed, then in my opinion a tsunami is imminent. The strong earthquake was preceded by several quakes with magnitudes between 6.2 and 5.7.