Updated: 2:32 p.m. ET

SYDNEY A powerful 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Solomon Islands generated a tsunami of about 5 feet that damaged dozens of homes and left four people missing — and presumed dead — in the South Pacific island chain Wednesday.

Authorities canceled warnings for 강원 랜드 카지노 예약 tsunamis on more distant coasts.

Television New Zealand says there were at least five deaths. One of the people presumed dead was fishing in a dugout canoe when the first wave hit, sweeping him out to sea. A woman was believed to have drowned when the water rushed into her village.