Strong Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake hit Vanuatu, Tsunami Alert - April 3, 2016

Breaking: Magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit Vanuatu on April 3, 2016 causing panicked of the residents in the region.

There were no reports of immediate damages brought by the earthquake but officials raises the tsunami alert.



A large 7.2 quake struck off the coast of the South Pacific islands of Vanuatu on Sunday and there was a possibility of tsunamis, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

The quake struck 151 km north northwest of Santo on Vanuatu and was 35 km deep, the U.S. Geological Survey said.