Magnitude 6.4 quake hits Vanuatu in Pacific: USGS
A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck Vanuatu’s Erromango island in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
By : migrator
Update: 2017-09-20 22:03 GMT
Sydney
It said the quake struck the centre of the island, Vanuatu’s fourth largest, at 7:09 am (2009 GMT on Wednesday) and was fairly deep at 124.4 miles (200 km), which would have dampened its effect.
Erromango has a population of just under 2,000 people.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the quake did not pose a tsunami threat.
The Vanuatu volcanic archipelago, east of Australia in the Pacific Ocean, is in the so-called Ring of Fire and is prone to earthquakes.
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