Magnitude 6.7 earthquake hits Vanuatu

Sydney (AFP) Nov 22, 2023

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck northern Vanuatu on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said, with authorities warning that "small tsunami waves" had been picked up by ocean monitoring equipment. The quake had a depth of 22 kilometres (14 miles), hitting about 300 km north of the capital Port Vila at around 3:37 pm (0447 GMT). Centred near a sparsely populated cluster of is