Rescue services in New Caledonia were Thursday searching for the body of a fisherman believed to have been killed by a shark, following a spate of fatal attacks in the South Pacific territory this year. The alarm was raised on Wednesday after.
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Rescue services in New Caledonia were Thursday searching for the body of a fisherman believed to have been killed by a shark, following a spate of fatal attacks in the South Pacific territory this year. The alarm was raised on Wednesday after fishermen told emergency services they had seen a shark attack a fisherman diving off a beach on the Nouville peninsula northwest of the capital Noumea. "Our boat is still there but nothing has been found.
Nations and territories around the Pacific have cancelled or downgraded the tsunami advisory issued this morning, following a second major earthquake off New Zealand s Kermadec Islands, but locals have been told to remain vigilant.
The magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck around 8.28am NZ time at a depth of 10 km, triggering an alert for much of the south Pacific region.
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The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said hazardous tsunami waves were possible within the next three hours along the coastlines.
Waves reaching one to three metres above the tide level are possible along some coasts of New Caledonia and Vanuatu.
Earthquakes measuring 7.4, 7.3 and 8.1 were recorded.
Waves of up to 3m were possible, authorities said.
Tsunami sirens rang out in coastal communities across the South Pacific on Friday, as a cluster of powerful earthquakes triggered warnings for tens of thousands of residents to rush to higher ground.
Tsunami alerts were issued in countries as far apart as Peru and Australia, after a trio of large quakes measuring 7.4, 7.3 and 8.1, plus dozens of powerful aftershocks, struck near New Zealand s remote Kermadec Islands.
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No damage or injuries were reported from the quakes.
But authorities warned waves of up to 3m were possible in New Caledonia and Vanuatu, where residents in the capital Port Vila received SMS messages ordering them to move to higher grounds .