Magnitude 6.7 Quake Strikes Near Vanuatu

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes in Diverse Places

Magnitude 6.7 Quake Strikes Near Vanuatu*

Tuesday August 8, 2006 1:01 AM

SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific
island of Vanuatu, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday. There were
no immediate report of injury or damage.

The magnitude 6.7 temblor struck at midmorning and was centered about
135 miles north of the capital, Port Vila, and about 100 miles below the
earth's surface.

New Zealand's Ministry of Civil Defense and Emergency Management said
the earthquake posed no risk of a tsunami.

Vanuatu, formerly the New Hebrides Islands, is made up of 13 main
islands located about 1,400 miles east of Australia.