Tsunami warning cancelled for New Zealand and Lord Howe Island after South Pacific earthquake

The 7.7 magnitude earthquake near New Caledonia prompted New Zealand authorities to warn people to get off beaches

A tsunami warning for New Zealand and Australia's Lord Howe Island, sparked by a 7.7 magnitude undersea earthquake near New Caledonia, has been cancelled.

The earthquake caused small tsunami waves to hit Norfolk Island and briefly prompted marine warnings for Lord Howe Island, 700km off the coast of New South Wales.