A strong earthquake has struck the South Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu but there are no tsunami warnings or immediate reports of damage
A strong earthquake struck the South Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, but there were no tsunami warnings or immediate reports of damage. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 magnitude when it hit at 9:23 a.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Its epicenter was 83 kilometers northwest of the capital, Port Vila, at a depth of 29 kilometers . The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no risk of the quake causing a tsunami.
Vanessa Apuary, a Port Vila hotel worker, said the quake's impact “wasn't that big” considering its magnitude, which she understood to be 6.4. “It was heavy and slow, but didn’t do any damage at all in Port Vila,” Apuary told The Associated Press. Vanuatu sits on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where much of the world’s earthquake and volcanic activity occurs. A magnitude 7.
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