Quake strikes near battered Vanuatu; no major damage reported
Voice of America
A handout photo taken on Dec. 21, 2024 and received from the Australian Department Foreign Affairs and Trade shows Australian Defense Forces helping Australians off a C-130J Hercules at Brisbane Airport after an earthquake struck Port Vila, Vanuatu. FILE - in this screengrab taken from a social media video, rubble surrounds a collapsed Port Vila, Vanuatu, building after a Dec. 17, 2024, earthquake. (Jeremy Ellison/via Reuters)
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu's main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, just days after a massive, deadly quake wreaked havoc on the Pacific archipelago.
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