terrible memories of Christmas 2004 will be monitored: Around the island nation of Vanuatu has an earthquake of magnitude 7.6. A tsunami warning was issued.
tsunami warning system in Phuket, Thailand. Photo: dpa / dpaweb
In the western Pacific has an earthquake of magnitude 7.6. 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 was issued.
On 26 December 2004, a quake off Sumatra triggered a tsunami that claimed some 230,000 lives. (Afp / fr)
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