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Tsunami alert after major 7.6 quake strikes western PacificWellington (AFP) Dec 26, 2010 A major 7.6-magnitude quake struck at a shallow depth under the sea near Vanuatu in the western Pacific early Sunday local time, the US Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami alert. The US's Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) issued the tsunami alert for Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia shortly after the quake, which the USGS said was 24 kilometres (15 miles) deep. The epicentre was 135 kilometres west of Isangel, on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu, and 200 kilometres north of Tadine in t ... read more |
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