Earthquake 7.3-magnitude near Vanuatu



7:28 PM Sat 25 Dec 2010 GMT
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A significant 7.3-magnitude quake struck near Vanuatu in the western Pacific overnight, generating a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) in Hawaii has advised. The US Geological Service (USGS) said the quake struck at a depth of 24 kilometres at 12:16am AEST this morning December 26th 2010. The epicentre of the quake was 135 kilometres west of the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, and 200 kilometres north of the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. The PTWC issued a tsunami warning for Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji following the quake. The warning has now been cancelled, but the PTWC later says ...


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