A 6.1‑magnitude quake struck the Vanuatu Islands at 1147 GMT on Sunday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said, as reported by Xinhua.
GFZ logged the earthquake’s focal depth at 10 km and located the epicenter at 14.14° S latitude and 165.91° E longitude, placing the event within the island chain’s active tectonic zone.
GFZ, a German research institution that monitors seismic activity worldwide, issued the bulletin in the early afternoon UTC, confirming the event’s parameters and the depth that suggests a relatively shallow disturbance near the earth’s surface.
Officials and residents of the Vanuatu Islands are remaining on alert while seismic monitoring continues; no further information on damage or casualties has been released as of this report.
