230100 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.clickittefaq.com/tsunami-alert-after-new-caledonia-quake/A 7.5 magnitude quake has struck close to New Caledonia in the Pacific, with a tsunami alert issued for coasts within 1,000km (620 miles). Tsunami waves have now been observed, monitors reported. The quake struck at a depth of 10km at 04:18 GMT, with its epicentre 168km east-south-east of Tadine, a town on one of New Caledonia’s Loyalty Islands.Wed, 05 Dec 2018 11:37:00 +0100clickittefaq-4dafcf3e7338921716f9254127f6c69a20181205113700https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46450848Image copyright AFP/Getty Images. A tsunami warning in New Caledonia - triggered by a powerful earthquake in the Pacific - has now been lifted. There have been no reports of injuries or damage in the French overseas territory, officials say. Earlier, residents had been urged to go to shelters, following the 7.Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:49:00 +0100bbc-42795c64f1781b1522f8ad7fff6e4bfa20181205104900https://www.tvm.com.mt/en/news/powerful-earthquake-in-new-caledonia-is-followed-by-tsunami-warning/A powerful earthquake registering 7.5 on the Richter scale hit New Caledonia in the Pacific in the early hours of this morning. This was followed by a tsunami warning for the coast at a distance of 1000 kms. It is being reported that tsunami waves have been spotted. The earthquake hit at a depth of ten kms at around 4.Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:38:00 +0100tvm-aafe675e3174668b2daef040d998749e20181205103800https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46450848A 7.5 magnitude quake has struck close to New Caledonia in the Pacific, with a tsunami alert issued for coasts within 1,000km (620 miles). Tsunami waves have now been observed, monitors reported. The quake struck at a depth of 10km at 04:18 GMT, with its epicentre 168km east-south-east of Tadine, a town on one of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands.Wed, 05 Dec 2018 08:43:00 +0100bbc-5cf2e44ec9d78bbf21ccedef74547b4220181205084300