In 2019, Royal Caribbean said it planned to build a Perfect Day location on Lelepa, a Vanuatuan island off the northwest coast of the island of Efate. It is about 1,000 miles east of Australia.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 miles and was centered 18 miles west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands that is home to about 330,000 people.

Buildings in Vanuatu damaged and casualties reported as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits South Pacific island nation. The tremor was centred near the capital, Port Vila, the largest city in the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the coast of Vanuatu on Tuesday, causing widespread destruction in the South Pacific island nation as the injured ...