SYDNEY: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast from the Pacific nation of Vanuatu late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for the region.The shallow quake hit around 11:30 pm local time (1230 GMT) around 27 kilometres (17 miles) deep, said the USGS, which placed it about 25 kilometres from the village of Port-Olry.“Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to one metre above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Vanuatu,“ the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said.Waves smaller than 0.3 metres were possible for New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, it added.Vanuatu is part of the Pacific “Ring of Fire”, where tectonic plates collide, and i
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