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RE: Vanuatu Quake

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A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred at 20:48:00 (UTC) on Thursday, May 27, 2010, in the Vanuatu region, 215 km NNW from Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu, at a depth of 32.2 km.

Location 13.641°S, 166.713°E

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Tsunami warning cancelled

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A tsunami warning has been issued to islands in the South Pacific after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake in the area.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said that the Solomon islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia had received warnings.
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Update
A major magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred at 17:14:48 (UTC) on Thursday, May 27, 2010, in the Vanuatu region, 215 km NNW from Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu, at a depth of 36.1 km.

Location 13.710°S, 166.507°E

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Tsunami warning issued

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A major magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred at 17:14:49 (UTC) on Thursday, May 27, 2010, in the Vanuatu region, 215 km NNW from Santo (Luganville), Vanuatu, at a depth of 20 km.

Location 13.700°S, 166.500°E

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A strong magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurred at 14:02:30 (UTC) on Thursday, March 04, 2010, in the Vanuatu region, 210 km North of Luganville, at a depth of 200.2 km.

Location 13.616°S, 167.135°E

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A strong magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred at 08:28:48 (UTC) on Thursday, October 08, 2009, in the Vanuatu region, 280 km NNW of Luganville, at a depth of 35 km.

Location 13.298°S, 165.951°E

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Tsunami warning in south Pacific
Two earthquakes off the south-west Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu have put the region on alert for a tsunami.
The first quake with a magnitude of 7.8 was followed about an hour later by one of 7.1, the US Geological Survey said.

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