The earthquake was recorded at 11.09am on Monday near Port Vila, Vanuatu's harbourside capital and main hub on the island of Efate. Geoscience Australia reported that the quake occurred at a ...

Vanuatu is an scenic, sprawling archipelago covering a vast expanse of South Pacific Ocean that lies between Australia and Fiji. More than 80 coral and volcanic islands are home to 330,000 people.

Prior to Vanuatu, the US opened embassies in two other island nations, Solomon Islands and Tonga. A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit Vanuatu on Tuesday, sparking a network outage, crushing ...