Earthquake temporarily triggered tsunami Warning in the South Pacific
After an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 in the South Pacific, the authorities have temporarily Tsunami Warning issued. The earthquake occurred, according to the U.S. Earthquake station on Sunday (local time) shortly after midnight about 225 miles south of Port Vila, capital of the island state of Vanuatu.
Information about injuries or damage was not initially known. The tsunami Warning, which was next to the island state of Vanuatu, Fiji and the island group of New Caledonia was lifted after about one and a half hours.
The Commissioner for the Pacific Tsunami Warning center said, were off the coast of Vanuatu in some 15 centimeters high waves were measured. Vanuatu is located in the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire" with numerous volcanoes, which result in shifting of tectonic plates again and again to shake.
The worst quake in recent decades occurred on Boxing Day 2004, the Indonesian island of Sumatra. At that time a tsunami triggered by an earthquake had torn estimated up to 250,000 people were killed, including several thousand tourists during the Christmas holiday. The tsunami struck a dozen Indian Ocean countries, more than 1.5 million people homeless.
The Commissioner for the Pacific Tsunami Warning center said, were off the coast of Vanuatu in some 15 centimeters high waves were measured. Vanuatu is located in the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire" with numerous volcanoes, which result in shifting of tectonic plates again and again to shake.
The worst quake in recent decades occurred on Boxing Day 2004, the Indonesian island of Sumatra. At that time a tsunami triggered by an earthquake had torn estimated up to 250,000 people were killed, including several thousand tourists during the Christmas holiday. The tsunami struck a dozen Indian Ocean countries, more than 1.5 million people homeless.
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