Quake of 6.7 magnitude hits near Vanuatu
Posted on: Monday, 7 August 2006, 18:21 CDT
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of 6.7 magnitude hit 50 miles from the largest island of Vanuatu at 9:18 a.m. local time on August 8 (2218 GMT August 7), the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Monday.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that there was no Pacific Ocean-wide tsunami threat, even with their higher initial reading of a 7.0 magnitude.
"However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a 100 kilometers (60 miles) of the earthquake epicenter," the Hawaii-based agency said in a bulletin.
The depth of the quake near the Pacific Island nation in a preliminary USGS report was nearly 150 km (93 miles). The quake was measured at 50 miles from Luganville, Vanuatu's second largest town on the island of Espiritu Santo.
Source: REUTERS
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