Washington: The earth trembled early in the morning in Vanuatu, an island nation situated in the Pacific Ocean. An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude occurred on Tuesday off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean. The US Geological Survey (USGS) gave this information. This earthquake was so strong that people got scared. After the earthquake, people here have also been warned about tsunami. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 57 kilometers and its epicenter was near Port Vila, the island nation’s largest city. It is not yet clear whether this has caused any damage or not. After the earthquake, tremors of 5.5 magnitude were also felt at the same place. In fact, after the earthquake, the websites of the Vanuatu government remained closed. The US Geological Survey has issued a tsunami warning for some coasts of Vanuatu. Vanuatu is a group of 80 islands, where about 330,000 people live. This news has just arrived and you are reading it first on News18Hindi. We are updating it as information becomes available. For a better experience, keep refreshing this news, so that you can get all the updates immediately. Stay with us and get every right news, first only on Hindi.News18.com…FIRST PUBLISHED : December 17, 2024, 09:06 IST
