Large 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits off Vanuatu

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Jan 29, 2010, 5:53:46 AM1/29/10
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Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places

Large 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits off Vanuatu


    * From: AFP
    * January 29, 2010 9:38PM


AN earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck today deep under the sea off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, US monitors said.

There was no immediate tsunami warning.

The quake struck at 8.20pm (2020 AEDT) at a depth of 85 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

Its epicentre lay 62 kilometres northeast of the Vanuatu town of Isangel and 194 kilometres southeast of the South Pacific nation's capital, Port Vila.

There was no alert issued by the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.

An 8.0-magnitude earthquake and huge tsunami crashed into Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga in September last year, wiping out villages and resorts and killing 184 people.
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