A strong 6.0 magnitude quake hit off the South Pacific island of Vanuatu on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, one day after a shallow 6.9 tremor hit the country.

The latest quake was at a depth

Geological monitoring services say a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has hit in the South Pacific off the French territory of New Caledonia.

Reuters: Three teenage boys set adrift for 50 days in a small boat in the South Pacific survived on coconuts, a seagull they managed to catch and by drinking rain and then sea water, rescuers said on