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Water supplies, power and communications in Port Vila have all been severely impacted by Tuesday’s earthquake, which has claimed at least 14 lives. In a separate post, Ms Parisi wrote that she ...

Vanuatu’s position on a subduction zone — where the Indo-Australian tectonic plate moves beneath the Pacific Plate — means earthquakes of greater than magnitude 6 are not uncommon ...

A preliminary 3.6 magnitude earthquake struck Wednesday morning off the Northern California coast, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck at 6:45 a.m. and was centered ...

Dee Ninis works at the Seismology Research Centre, is Vice President of the Australian Earthquake Engineering Society, and a Committee Member for the Geological Society of Australia – Victoria ...

Kasper van Wijk, associate professor of Physics at the University of Auckland, said: "Vanuatu is situated, like New Zealand, on top of a subduction zone." "This particular earthquake was shallow ...

We'll be wrapping up our live coverage of the earthquake aftermath and emergency response in Vanuatu here; thanks for joining us. A reminder to contact DFAT if you need assistance either in ...

Its position on a subduction zone — where the Indo-Australia tectonic plate moves beneath the Pacific Plate — means earthquakes of greater than magnitude 6 are not uncommon and the country’s ...

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