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Death toll rises to 14 after Vanuatu earthquake

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A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck off the coast of Vanuatu on Tuesday afternoon. The quake caused widespread destruction, resulting in at least 14 confirmed fatalities and over 200 injuries. The majority of the injured are being treated in hospitals, while rescue teams are racing to locate survivors buried under rubble and landslides.

  1. UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
    1. Telecommunications remain disrupted and is affecting the timeliness of field reports from remote areas.
  2. AU
    Jim Chalmers
    Australian Government
    1. Australia stands with the people of Vanuatu following yesterday's devastating earthquake. Our deepest sympathies go to the people of that wonderful, beautiful country, particularly following the tragic loss of life there.
    2. We know from early reports that quite significant damage has occurred there, and on the request of the Vanuatu government, we are deploying immediate assistance today.
  3. VU
    Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department
    1. There's a 10-60 per cent chance that this system will develop into a cyclone.
  4. VU
    Glen Craig
    Vanuatu Business Resilience Council
    1. We [in Vanuatu] are used to disasters... you can usually hear the earthquakes coming; you hear like a rumble or a deep roar. But this one we had no warning at all - there was just a sudden boom. This was next level, it felt like something that comes once in a generation.
  5. VU
    Dan McGarry
    1. Everybody knows everybody so the human toll we feel really, really heavily here. Perhaps more so than other places.

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sources

  1. 1.BBC
  2. 2.ABC News (Australia)
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.The Washington Post
  5. 5.CNA News
  6. 6.Daily Sabah
  7. 7.The Times of India
  8. 8.ABC News
  9. 9.Agence France-Presse
  10. 10.Associated Press
  11. 11.Reuters
  12. 12.Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation

perspectives

  1. 1.Natural Disasters
  2. 2.Earthquakes
  3. 3.Tsunami

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.CanadaCA
  3. 3.ChinaCN
  4. 4.FijiFJ
  5. 5.FranceFR
  6. 6.United KingdomGB
  7. 7.New CaledoniaNC
  8. 8.New ZealandNZ
  9. 9.SingaporeSG
  10. 10.United StatesUS
  11. 11.VanuatuVU

organizations

  1. 1.National Disaster Management Office
  2. 2.UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
  3. 3.Royal Australian Air Force
  4. 4.International Federation of Red Cross Red CrescentCH
  5. 5.Port Vila Central Hospital
  6. 6.United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
  7. 7.Airports Vanuatu
  8. 8.British High Commission
  9. 9.FacebookUS
  10. 10.National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
  11. 11.New South Wales Rural Fire Service
  12. 12.Royal New Zealand Air ForceNZ

persons

  1. 1.Michael ThompsonVU
  2. 2.Douglas May
  3. 3.Caroline Bird
  4. 4.Charlot SalwaiVU
  5. 5.Dan McGarryVU
  6. 6.Eric Durpaire
  7. 7.Glen CraigVU
  8. 8.Ian Cutmore
  9. 9.Jim ChalmersAU
  10. 10.Katie Greenwood
  11. 11.Milroy Cainton
  12. 12.Clement ChipokoloVU

technicals

  1. 1.Pacific Ocean
  2. 2.Pacific Ring Of Fire
  3. 3.Christianity
  4. 4.Covid-19 Pandemic
  5. 5.C-17 Globemaster
  6. 6.Hercules
Death toll rises to 14 after Vanuatu earthquake