Port Vila, Oct 8: Just days after Tsunami killed over 100 in Samoa, a series of powerful earthquakes triggered a tsunami alert for 11 countries and territories of the South Pacific.
A 7.8 magnitude and a 7.3 magnitude quakes hit the northwest of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in a span of fifteen minutes. The third quake of magnitude 7.1 was recorded about an hour later.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has also put a tsunami watch in regions as far as Australia and New Zealand.
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A 7.8 magnitude and a 7.3 magnitude quakes hit the northwest of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in a span of fifteen minutes. The third quake of magnitude 7.1 was recorded about an hour later.
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The 11 territories put on Tsunami alert include Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Fiji and Kiribati. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has also put a tsunami watch in regions as far as Australia and New Zealand.
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