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Strong earthquake in Vanuatu

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GOLDEN, Colo. - A strong earthquake struck Thursday off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific, originating far below
the ocean floor.

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The 7.2 quake, which hit at 4:08 a.m. local time, didn't trigger any tsunamis
around the archipelago and little damage was expected because it originated 108
miles beneath the ocean's surface, said Waverly Person, a geophysicist with
U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

The earthquake hit 28 miles southeast of the Vanuatu town of Luganville and 1,240 miles northeast of Brisbane, Australia.

It was the first earthquake with a magnitude of at least 7 in 122 days, he
said. Normally a quake in that range can cause buildings to collapse and deaths
in populated areas.

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