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Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake Reported in Vanuatu

Aug. 20, 2011 1:32pm Madeleine Morgenstern

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the island of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean early Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting.

The quake hit a few minutes before 4 a.m. local time. It was centered 38 miles southwest of the town of Port-Vila and had a relatively shallow depth of 25.2 miles, according to the USGS.

Reuters:

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the major quake had not triggered a Pacific-wide tsunami but said: “Earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometers (80 miles) of the earthquake epicenter.”

There was no immediate information of any damage or casualties, but when on land quakes of this magnitude can cause widespread and heavy damage.

The quake was followed by a weaker aftershock of magnitude 5.9 some 20 minutes later.

The Vanuatu archipelago is located on the so-called “Ring of Fire,” one of the most seismically active regions in the world. Port-Vila is the capital of Vanuatu and has an estimated population of 40,000 people.

No other details were immediately available.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated since it was first published.

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loadingmyclips
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 8:17am
how about a MAP!! Where the hell is this place?!?!?!?!?!

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- robstoddard
  Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:10am
  If you go from Papua New Guinea (the big island that Australia’s “finger” points at) and follow the island chain south and east, there’s the Solomon Sea with the Solomon Islands directly to the north of it. After that, there’s a rather large island called New Caledonia, and to the north east of that, an island chain called Vanuatu. If you strike directly east of Vanuatu, the first island you’ll reach is Fiji. The actual quake happened on an island called Efate. There is no island called Vanuatu; that’s the name of the island chain and the country.
  
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- ourrightsourfreedom
  Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:09pm
  A very small islands in the Pacific. Part of Melanesian & the Polynesian islands. Beautiful place.
  
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- WalkSoft
  Posted on August 21, 2011 at 4:55pm
  Read and look….link it says REPORTING…click then click MAP……..Wake up Vote Smart! Thanks Madeleine Morgenstern
  
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Gypsy123
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:49pm
All this is the beginning of the birth pains

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- wolfinsheepsclothing
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:28pm
  We have already passed birth pains. We are at the point of talons clenching yet the Phoenix has not yet taken flight. It will be soon but there are a few other things that will happen first.
  
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- Tretka
  Posted on August 21, 2011 at 1:48am
  What are you waiting on??
  
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- wolfinsheepsclothing
  Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:49pm
  Well personally I don’t think politically we have seen the worst of it yet, definately haven’t seen the worst of the fighting in the streets and I pray we don’t here in the states but I am surprised we haven’t seen more. There is a new day coming based on science or faith but it’s a comin. And its gotta be super ugly first. And as mad as this world is becoming……..
  
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stang289
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:34pm
http://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse#p/u/1/3UgtfDhwguc

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jolene2
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:21pm
I think a student interviewed on national television stated she was here getting her college degree she said I’m illegal and unafraid. That’s because our President has made it so easy for her and millions of other illegals to take advantage of every social program offered by our government intended for U S CITIZENS. Not illegal aliens

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fliptailhunter
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 6:01pm
100klm =60mls

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- tommywm22
  Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:44am
  I think it is 62.5
  
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fliptailhunter
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:59pm
100 klm = 60mls

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I.Gaspar
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:40pm
Here comes another excuse for obama’s supposed “recovery”.
We were doin’ fine again…right up til the big quake in uh ….venezuela…umm..Valenzuela…uh Juan Peron…wherever.

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Molalla912
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:26pm
Pore Al Gore . he just can’t catch a break one of his favorite proof of global warming places was this Island N. E. of Australia that was sinking yes it really was Sinking That fact was proved a (Sinking Island) Not a tipping over one. The problem with this sinking Island was that it sits on the subduction zone of a fault line. Over the past 3 years I have been watching this Island just to see what was going on with it, This area has had a rash of Earth quakes; And every time there’s a quake the Island pops back up a little. It’s in the news again (Earth quake on the island of vanuatu) I wonder if Al will retract his statements about this Island being flooded because of Global warming.
(I’m Not going to hold my breath for that one)

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Jim in Houston
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:02pm
Shoot, I thought it might be close the Maratha’s Vineyard.
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- grandma7
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:17pm
  Funny
  :@}
  
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- AzDebi
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:29pm
  Two 7.0 magnitude earthquakes occur in west Pacific!
  
  http://www.youtube.com/user/dutchsinse
  
  If you want to see what is actually happening around the world, follow Dutch on his youtube site…he is amazing…earthquakes, tornadoes, storm fronts…he keeps up with the HAARPs and the Scalars…geo-engineering…
  
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- yiddishlion
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:41pm
  The words shoot, and Martha’s Vineyard in the same sentence just tripped Homeland Securities’ computers. Expect a knock at your ………hold on……..someone’s at the door……..
  
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- ILUVAMERICA
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:36pm
  @ AzDebi
  A BIG Thank you to you,
  I will be watchiing him
  Thanks again!
  
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1TrueOne55
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 4:56pm
It is too late to impeach him and even if he was the Prince Harry Reid will not accept the charges. So our only recourse is to vote him out of Office and then fumigate the White House from all the Czars and Czarinas that have stunk up the place.

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- Jim in Houston
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:03pm
  Don’t forget to wipe the footprints off the furniture and count the silver.
  http://www.grannyjanandjihadkitty.com/2011/08/all-hail-dear-leaders-feet-on-furniture.html
  
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Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 4:06pm
If nobody has said it yet, here goes… “It’s Bush’s fault!”

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- BOMUSTGO
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:01pm
  It was Palin!
  
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- Molalla912
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:04pm
  Maybe the people were all on one side of the island
  and that’s what caused it (Like Guam) you know it was in
  danger of tipping over. Because of the air force base
  having to many people on it.
  
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catmman
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 3:38pm
Mother Nature continues effing over Obama on the economy…

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J.C. McGlynn
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 3:32pm
OOOHHHHHHHH NNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s man caused catastrophic climate change. We have to stop man-caused catastrophic climate change.

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saintjock
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:43pm
there was a 7.3 one year and ten days ago in the same place.

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- SteveSD
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 3:34pm
  Since I live in California, I subscribe to the USGS immediate earthquake notification system. There were actually 2 at Vanuatu: this one was updated to a 7.1M at 1655UTC, and a 7.0 at 1819UTC. Vanuatu is on the ‘rim of fire’, and is one of the most active seismic locations on the planet. Check out the event page: http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2011/eq_110820_c0005h9f/neic_c0005h9f_h.html.
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:37pm
God help these people caught up in the quake and keep any harm from coming in the future due to more such activity or for any volcanos in the region of the ring of fire to not become active.
http://artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (cat folk gallery)

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Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:23pm
Anybody see the headline on Drudge?

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:35pm
  No suprise.
  
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LadyIzShy
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:20pm
I hope there are no injuries

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MODEL82A1
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:15pm
Great. Another excuse.

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johnsell
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:11pm
These quakes are only a precursor of the one coming for Obama in 2012…………..

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Wyatt's Torch
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:58pm
Someone knock the POTUS off of his girl’s bike and tell him!

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- kindling
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:07pm
  OH, he will only use it as an excuse for his failings. He really needs to be impeached NOW!
  
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ScreaminEagle
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:55pm
Americans have got to learn to have a sense of humor.

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- RIGHTHOOK
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:25pm
  Screamer – We have a a keen sense of humor but at this crossroads and everything that stands for the integrity of the Constitution, economy and freedom in general is at risk. Now is when we need a sense of urgency. The humor will have its place when the timing warrants a good laugh and believe me, I could use a good laugh right now! No laughing matter pal.
  
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felix
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:54pm
Obumbler will blame the economy on this quake also

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michael48
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:52pm
Get ready for a TELE-TANTRUM from the “LUSH in CHARGE”….bad luck’s FAULT…all these things …never in the 4 1/2 billion history of Earth has such “LUCK” happened…it’s Bushes, Congress, GOP, Dem-WITS Par-ta, Japan Tsunami, and Elvis’s …uh…uh…uh… Tee Time???NO???… oh goody, my new swing set is here….

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rpbgfox
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:49pm
Becker88, That would be, justice! Justice is rarely funny

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Psychosis
Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:34pm
i really must work on my targeting system i keep aiming for california, but it keeps missing

back to the drawing board

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- drbage
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:37pm
  Follow the O team and aim for Europe and you’ll probably get California–just make sure that Pope Pelosi is in residence.
  
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- becker88
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:40pm
  That is not funny but it kind of is.
  
  http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos
  
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- chips1
  Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:49pm
  Now, if we can just shake up Washington, we might have something. A 9.0 Impeachment might work.
  
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