Its epicenter was located approximately 18 miles west of Port Vila, Vanuatu's largest city. Phone lines and communication systems were disrupted, limiting the flow of official updates.

The temblor hit just before 1 p.m. 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's home to about 330,000 people.

Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific island nation, with the ...

The earthquake occurred just before 1 p.m. Tuesday at a depth of 35 miles and was centered 19 miles west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands home to about 330,000 people.

The earthquake was centered 10 miles west of Port Vila, the largest city in Vanuatu, a group of 80 islands that is home to about 330,000 people.

A few more survivors were extracted from the rubble of downtown buildings in Port Vila, also the country’s largest city, while others remained trapped and some were found dead.

But the permanent relocation of Jill's Cafe — after nearly 30 years in the city centre — is just one of the ways Port Vila will look different as it re-emerges from the magnitude-7.3 earthquake.

Vanuatu’s capital was without water on Wednesday, a day after reservoirs were destroyed by a violent magnitude 7.3 earthquake that wrought havoc on the South Pacific island nation, with the ...

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. 4.

A few more survivors were extracted from the rubble of downtown buildings in Port Vila, also the country’s largest city, while others remained trapped and some were found dead. A near-total ...