A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hit Vanuatu today at 04:23 pm local time. The epicentre was located 40 km NW of the capital Port Vila. A small 0.23 m high tsunami was generated. The closest active volcano to the epicentre is Kuwae volcano 100 km NNE.
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A major earthquake (Magnitude 7.2) hit Vanuatu on 28th May 2010 at 04:14 hr local time. The epicentre was located 125 km NW of Gaua volcano at a depth of 36 km. A tsunami warning issued for Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia was later canceled.
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A major earthquake hit northern Sumatra, Indonesia at 05:15 am local time on 7th April 2010. The magnitude 7.8 earthquake had an epicentre 205 km SW of Medan, and 70 km offshore. A local tsunami watch was issued. The closest volcano to the epicentre is Toba, which erupted 72,000 years ago [...]
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A great earthquake (magnitude 8.8) hit off the coast of Chile, at 3:34 am on Saturday 27th February 2010. A Tsunami warning was issued for the coast of Chile and Peru. A tsunami watch was issued for Ecuador, Colombia, Antarctica, Panama and Costa Rica. Sea level reading indicated a tsunami was generated and hit the [...]
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On 24th October 2009 at 11:40 pm local time, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit 40 km NE of Serua volcano, and 70 km south of Manuk volcano, Indonesia. The earthquake epicentre was located undersea at 6.161°S, 130.346°E, and focus was at a depth of 138 km. No tsunami was generated. Serua volcano last erupted in [...]
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A large earthquake (magnitude 6.1) hit 60 km SSW of Krakatau volcano Indonesia. The earthquake’s focus was at a depth of 50 km and located in the Sunda Strait under Panaitan Island. Krakatau volcano has been erupting in 2009. The earthquake is related to the Sunda subduction zone. The earthquake was felt with an intensity [...]
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Listed below is a summary of the large and major earthquakes to hit the Vanuatu/Solomon Islands region today, 8th October 2009. Times are local.
Mag 6.1 8th October 2009 at 07:34 pm. 12.284°S, 166.568°E. Depth 35 km.
Mag 7.0 8th October 2009 at 07:28 pm. 13.298°S, 165.951°E. Depth 35 km.
Mag 6.6 8th October 2009 [...]
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Three major earthquakes hit northern Vanuatu this morning (8th October 2009). The first earthquake hit at 9:03 am local time 37 km west of the Torres Islands. This was followed at 9:18 am by magnitude 7.7 earthquake, and 10:13 am by magnitude 7.3 earthquake. A small tsunami was generated. Earthquakes of this size can affect [...]
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A magnitude 7.6 earthquake hit 30 km offshore from Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia today (30th September 2009) at 5:16 pm local time. Active volcanoes close to the earthquake epicentre include Talang, Tandikat, Marapi, Kerinci, and Sorik Marapi. Talang volcano erupted after the Great 2004 earthquake. A significant tsunami was not generated with a wave height of [...]
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A magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit Samoa Tuesday 29th September 2009 at 6:48 am local time. The shallow earthquake generated a tsunami which hit Samoa causing destruction to villages and causing an unknown number of deaths. Tsunami height was 1.5 m at Pago Pago (Samoa), 0.7 m at Apia Upolu (Samoa) and 0.4 m at Rarotonga [...]
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