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TO earthquake of magnitude 6.7 on the Richter scale felt at 9:49 p.m. this Monday in the Vanuatu archipelago, in the South Pacific.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), which measures seismic activity around the world, recorded the tremor at 58 kilometers west of Port-Vila, the capital of the archipelago.
Meanwhile, the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Chilean Navy (SHOA) indicated the earthquake does not meet the characteristics necessary to generate a tsunami on the country’s coasts.
SHOA indicates that a magnitude 6.7 earthquake located 55 KM W of Port Vila, Vanuatu, does NOT meet the necessary conditions to generate a tsunami off the coast of Chile. More info. https://t.co/r4IfR3uDDH
– onemichile (@onemichile) February 16, 2021
Vanuatu is located near the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire and of the submarine volcanoes of the Lau Basin, which is why it usually has earthquakes of seismic origin.
The last earthquake occurred on February 10, when the SHOA also ruled out the risk of a tsunami off Chilean coasts.
The Republic of Vanuatu, with a population of around 250,000, is made up of a archipelago of volcanic origin.
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