Vanuatu earthquake

Frightened villagers fled to higher ground fearing a tsunami when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck late Sunday just off the coast of the Pacific island ...

"A Big One!!" "Lots of things broken all around." "Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to one meter above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Vanuatu," the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said. "We were right on the sea, we were looking for crab on the coast," he said. "People were moving to higher ground," he added, for fear of a tsunami tidal wave. Kayson Pore, a 22-year-old student from the village of Hog Harbour in Espiritu Santo, said he was looking for crab on the beach with half a dozen friends when the earth shook.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, triggering a tsunami warning that was ...

“There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand following the M7.2 Vanuatu region earthquake,” NZ Civil Defence wrote on Facebook. “Based on current information, the initial assessment is that the earthquake is unlikely to have caused a tsunami that will pose a threat to New Zealand.” A 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, triggering a tsunami warning that was withdrawn hours later.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu on Sunday, triggering a tsunami warning that was ...

Geological Survey reported, triggering a tsunami warning that was withdrawn hours later. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that a tsunami threat it had issued for nearby Vanuatu coasts has passed. It sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where earthquakes and volcanoes are common.

Vanuatu residents have been left rattled following Sunday night's magnitude-7 earthquake. Five aftershocks followed the first long and strong jolt that ...

The pool lost a fair bit of water and a few pictures moved. I just fell from my room," she said. "Everybody was scared and ran out of the house because we are close to the sea and everybody was looking at the sea," Lui said.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has struck 40km west of Vanuatu's town of Port-Olry, the US Geological Survey (USGS) says. The earthquake was at a depth of 10km, ...

A 7.0 magnitude of earthquake has shaken up the Pacific island of Vanuatu. A tsunami alert was issued however, as per media reports no information of damage ...

After the warning was initially issued, several Vanuatu citizens escaped to higher ground. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the pacific island of Vanuata on Sunday, after which a Tsunami alert was issued for coasts located within 300 km of the epicentre. Earthquake's epicentre was in the sea just off the northern bay of the largest island Espiritu Santo.