tsunami alert in the Pacific near the island nation, Vanuatu has registered a strong earthquake. In the western Pacific
an earthquake of magnitude 7.6 occurred. This was announced by the Geological Institute of the U.S. monitoring (USGS) with on Saturday.
After the earthquake near the island nation of Vanuatu on Sunday (local time) a tsunami warning for Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia has been issued. Of any damage is not yet known.
shocks of this magnitude could cause a destructive tsunami, said the warning center. The authorities in the affected region should make appropriate provision . Meet
had occurred six years ago at Christmas in Southeast Asia, the heaviest tsunami disaster. At that time, more than 230 000 people were killed. Hundreds of thousands were injured and millions homeless.
On 26 December 2004 shook a quake of magnitude 9.1 - one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded - the west coast of Sumatra. The fault in the seabed caused a tsunami that zurauschte in minutes with up to 30 foot waves on the coast of the Indonesian island.
submitted in the next few hours, the waves, which became known as one of the largest natural disasters in the history of, in the entire Indian Ocean and directed down to the shores of Africa, devastating destruction.
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