A magnitude 7 earthquake hit early Friday the Vanuatu archipelago, causing a tsunami warning which was soon lifted.
L. intensity of this earthquake happened (Thursday at 7:33 p.m. GMT) at a depth of 10 kilometers and 209 kilometers from the capital (...)
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a strong earthquake has rattled the Pacific nation of Vanuatu but there was no tsunami threat and no immediate reports of damage or injuries, according to AP.
The magnitude-7 quake hit near Malekula Island. It (...)
A strong earthquake has rattled the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, but there was no tsunami threat and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, AP reported.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.9 quake struck on (...)
The South Pacific nation of Vanuatu was shaken Wednesday by a magnitude-7.3 earthquake, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, according to AP.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake struck 335 kilometers (207 miles) (...)
Sixteen deaths have been confirmed from the worst cyclone to hit the island nation of Vanuatu, the United Nations said Saturday, as it warned that food and water reserves will not last more than a few weeks.
A rapid assessment of 22 islands in the (...)
The first aid teams to reach Vanuatu reported widespread devastation on Sunday as authorities declared a state of emergency after a "monster" cyclone tore through the vulnerable Pacific island nation.
With winds of more than 300 kph (185 mph), (...)
The president of Vanuatu said on Sunday he fears the impact from a devastating tropical storm will be "the very, very, very worst" in isolated outer islands but damage was still being assessed.
President Baldwin Lonsdale said most houses in the (...)
Officials struggled Sunday to determine the scale of the devastation wrought by a monstrous cyclone that tore through the tiny South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, with death counts varying in the single digits but expected to rise once (...)
Tropical Cyclone Pam reportedly claimed at least five lives Saturday in the South Pacific and the toll was feared to climb from one of the strongest such storms on record.
The cyclone ripped its way through an area dotted with islands, bringing (...)
Tropical Cyclone Pam "utterly devastated" the South Pacific Vanuatu islands, killing at least eight people, UPI quoted relief workers as saying.
More casualties are expected.
The Category 5 storm, packing 167 mph winds with gusts up to 200 mph, left (...)
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said Wednesday that a 6.6-magnitude earthquake has hit the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that there was no (...)
An international law enforcement operation has seized 750 kilograms of cocaine bound for Australia.
The drugs were found on a yacht in a Vanuatu port, hidden underneath concrete that required a chisel to cut through. The cocaine is estimated to be (...)
Underseas earthquake measuring 6 magnitude hited here today the coast of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean, AP cited the U.S. Geological Survey as saying.
The authority said that the quake occurred today morning without (...)
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the South
Pacific island nation of Vaunatu Friday, dpa cited the US Geological Survey
as saying.
The quake hit at 6:10 pm (0710 GMT), 206 kilometres south-east of
the capital Port Vila, the organization (...)
An earthquake measuring 6.9 struck in the Pacific Ocean off Vanuatu on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but residents said there were no reports of damage, Reuters reported.
The quake, which hit at 1334 GMT, was at a shallow 6.3 miles (10 (...)
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported.
The quake struck at a depth of 40 kilometres at 3:55 am (1655 GMT Saturday), 62 kilometres south-southwest of the capital Port (...)
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 has struck in the South Pacific near the island nation of Vanuatu and a tsunami warning has been issued.
According to AP, the U.S. Geological Survey says the quake was about 140 miles south of (...)
The US Geological Survey said a magnitude 6 earthquake has shaken Vanuatu _ a day after a stronger quake off the South Pacific island nation generated a small tsunami.
The Wednesday quake was too small to cause a tsunami and there were no (...)
