<p>New Caledonia ordered the evacuation of coastal areas on Friday, a government official said, after a <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/77-earthquake-hits-near-new-caledonia-tsunami-warning-issued-1220061.html" target="_blank">7.7-magnitude earthquake</a> in the Pacific Ocean triggered a tsunami warning.</p>.<p>Warning sirens had been activated and people were asked to leave areas near the island's coastline, Colonel Marchi Leccia, a security official, told a local radio station. An AFP journalist reported that at least one beach had been evacuated.</p>
<p>New Caledonia ordered the evacuation of coastal areas on Friday, a government official said, after a <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/77-earthquake-hits-near-new-caledonia-tsunami-warning-issued-1220061.html" target="_blank">7.7-magnitude earthquake</a> in the Pacific Ocean triggered a tsunami warning.</p>.<p>Warning sirens had been activated and people were asked to leave areas near the island's coastline, Colonel Marchi Leccia, a security official, told a local radio station. An AFP journalist reported that at least one beach had been evacuated.</p>