Strong 6.3 quake strikes off Vanuatu: USGS

July 06, 2012 11:15

Mayawati emerges whitewashed after the SC verdict.

Meanwhile, a strong 6.3 magnitude quake struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu today, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor hit about 358 kilometres north-northwest of the capital Port Vila at a depth of about 180 kilometres, USGS said. Hilaire Bule, a journalist at the Vanuatu Independent,said the tremor was not felt in Port Vila. "We never felt anything here at all," he told AFP.

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