A 7 magnitude earthquake has struck Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey reports.<\/p>\n
The quake was centred 40km west of Port Olry at a depth of 27.7km at 11.32pm local time (1.32am NZ time) on 9 January, the agency said.<\/p>\n
The earthquake was at a depth of 10km, it said.<\/p>\n
“Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to 1 meters above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Vanuatu,” the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said.<\/p>\n
The tsunami warning for the region has since been withdrawn.<\/p>\n
New Zealand Civil Defence posted on Facebook that the earthquake was unlikely to have caused a tsunami that would pose a threat to New Zealand.<\/p>\n
Vanuatu sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc along the Pacific Ocean rim where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.<\/p>\n
Source – RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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