Pacific quake hits near Vanuatu - BBC News

An earthquake with magnitude 6.7 hit the Pacific Ocean off Vanuatu on Tuesday, said the US Geological Survey. It was registered 75km (45 miles) from the country's largest island at 0918 (2218GMT Monday), centred deep below the earth's crust. Experts said there was no risk of the tremor creating a tsunami. But there is reportedly some risk of coastal towns, some of them only 80km (50 miles) from the epicentre of the quake, being affected. Luganville, the country's second-largest town, on the island ...