A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu, causing widespread damage and loss of life. Rescue teams are searching for survivors amidst collapsed buildings and landslides.
The 7.3-magnitude quake struck off the main island, killing 10 people, displacing thousands, and leaving critical infrastructure in ruins.The 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the main island, toppling concrete buildings in Port Vila and setting off landslides. Rescue rs say they have expanded a search for trapped survivors in quake-rocked Vanuatu to 'numerous places of collapse' beyond the capital, as the reported death toll climbs to 10. The 7.
3-magnitude earthquake struck off the main island on Tuesday, toppling concrete buildings in Port Vila and setting off landslides. It has damaged water supplies, knocked out mobile networks, halted operations at the capital's main shipping port, and led to a suspension of commercial flights. Ten people have been confirmed killed so far, according to government figures relayed Thursday by the United Nations' humanitarian affairs office.About 80,000 people have been directly affected by the earthquake in the archipelago of 320,000, which sits in the Pacific's quake-prone Ring of Fire, the UN said.Australia and New Zealand have dispatched more than 100 personnel, along with rescue gear, dogs and aid supplies, to help hunt for survivors and make emergency repairs. There are 'several major collapse sites where buildings are fully pancaked', Australia's 69-strong rescue team leader Douglas May said in a video update provided by Canberra on Friday.'Outside of that, there's a lot of smaller collapses around the place,' May said. 'We're now starting to spread out to see whether there's further people trapped and further damage. And we've found numerous places of collapse east and west out of the city.' In Port Vila, rescuers have focused on two disaster areas: a four-storey building housing a supermarket, hotel and garage in the north in which the ground floor was flattened, and a two-floor shopping block in the city centre that crumbled into a flat pile of concret
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