25800 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.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/377802/monthly-tsunami-drills-planned-for-fijiFiji's National Disaster Management Office says it will conduct tsunami drills every month. The director of the office, Anare Leweniqila, told the Fiji Times the drills will be conducted on the 5th of every month and will challenge people to react at inconvenient times.Sat, 08 Dec 2018 04:32:00 +0100rnzi-d49a375821d77198ca96052e5c3b5f2b20181208043200https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1054526/new-caledonia-earthquake-is-it-safe-to-travel-to-new-caledonia-vanuatu-fijiThe earthquake struck at 4.18am UTC (3.18pm local time) and registered at magnitude 7.6. It struck about 95 miles southeast of the Loyalty Islands, part of the French Territory New Caledonia. At a depth of six miles, this shadow earthquake could pose a major hazard to land.Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:28:00 +0100express-a6afde179f4c78f459ebc927c92442cc20181207172800https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1054503/New-Caledonia-tsunami-earthquake-Vanuatu-Fiji-warningThe shallow earthquake struck southeast of the Loyalty Islands today around 4.18am GMT (UTC). Preliminary tests show the tremors occurred at a depth of mourned six miles (10km). Two aftershocks were later recorded at 5.9 magnitude and 5.7 magnitude north of the island.Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:27:00 +0100express-1c34066f0736fd2a4cf5623947120ebc20181207162700https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1054500/New-Caledonia-earthquake-tsunami-video-today-2018-Tadine-Mare-Island-VanuatuTsunami waves were observed at Maré Island in New Caledonia and Lenakel in Vanuatu. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has said tsunami waves at around three to 10 feet were possible along the coasts of New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Live video footage from GLP Hotels shows the coast of New Caledonia as the tsunami threat looms.Fri, 07 Dec 2018 16:27:00 +0100express-e6a116ad63aae5e3eada07a44ff89f7a20181207162700