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Residents across the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu are bracing for heavy rain and a potential cyclone Thursday, just two days after a deadly magnitude 7.3 earthquake rocked the islands.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the coast of Vanuatu on Tuesday, causing widespread destruction in the South Pacific island nation as the injured began arriving at a hospital and unconfirmed reports of casualties emerged. A tsunami warning was called off less than two hours after the quake.
Six people are reportedly dead, and buildings and cars are damaged after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the capital of Vanuatu, a country west of Fiji. On Tuesday, the earthquake struck less than ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Tuesday just off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, the USGS said. A tsunami warning for the island nation was called off less than two hours after the quake.
A powerful earthquake shook the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday evening, but countries in the region said there was no threat of a tsunami. The magnitude 7.1 earthquake was ...
The earthquake was caused by the interaction between the Indo-Australian plate and the Pacific plate and was preceded by dozens of foreshocks in the region. [5] At least 20 aftershocks were reported, [ 6 ] including one measuring M w 7.1 [ 7 ] on 8 February and two measuring M w 7.0. [ 8 ] "
About three hours after the earthquake struck, the US Tsunami Warning Center announced there was no longer a threat Earthquake triggers 3ft wave tsunami warnings across South Pacific Skip to main ...
At the South New Hebrides Trench, Australia lithosphere converges with and sinks beneath the Pacific plate, descending into the mantle and forming the New Hebrides/Vanuatu subduction zone, stretching from New Caledonia in the south to the Santa Cruz Islands in the north, a distance of about 1,600 km. The 2021 earthquake occurred in close ...