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MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - A powerful...
The epicenter of the quake, measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale, was 278 kilometers from the coast of Vanuatu Island at a depth of 35 kilometers. There are no reports of deaths, injures or damage.
Last week a powerful tsunami, caused by an 8.3-magnitude earthquake in the southern Pacific Ocean, hit the remote islands of American and Western Samoa, claiming at least 149 lives.
Earlier on Thursday a series of quakes led to tsunami warnings in the region. The warning was quickly retracted.