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... Theatre - Upper God is American, and he was born in the USA! The people of Tanna, an island in the archipelago of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, have invented a new religion. They pray to the American flag and adore John Frum, an American ... Comment?
TV review: Tribesmen prove more noble than Blighty's natives
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... that makes the heart sink. Take five men from their traditional village life, on a remote South Pacific island in Vanuatu, to England to see how the white folks live and visit the Queen - or in the case of the men from Tanna, it's Prince Philip they ... Comment?
A Fiji man linked to a multi-million scam in Vanuatu has denied fraud-related charges in the High Court in Suva. Comment?
Suva 7s team off to Tahiti next month
... Cook Islands, New Caledonia, NZ Legends, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomons, Tahiti, Tonga, the United States, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna. The FORU teams will use the Tahiti Nui 7s as qualifiers to the Wellington, Adelaide and Hong Kong 7s, ... Comment?
EARTHWEEK: Humans continuing to evolve
... in the world only once every 20 to 30 years. South seas rumblings Geologists in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu raised the alert status for the volcano on Gaua due to a surge in activity over the past two weeks. Some living near rumbling ... Comment?
Aerial view of Mount Garat during more quiet times. Geologists in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu raised the alert status for the volcano on Gaua due to a surge in activity over the past two weeks. Comment?
Eruption at Gaua [Eruptions]
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... Links Volcanoes! Science Blogs - GeoStyle Geology! Useful Stuff Eruption at Gaua A 1995 photo of Gaua volcano in Vanuatu. A few weeks ago I mentioned that there were signs that Mt. Garet, part of the larger Gaua volcano in Vanuatu was potentially ... Comment?
... out beyond its headquarters in Noumea and Suva regional office. They have now set up offices in Pohnpei, Honiara and Vanuatu. Tonga had proposed that SPC allocate some of its services to be set up in Tonga and we would look into that during this ... Comment?
545 km NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 2115 km NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 19 km ; depth fixed by location program Parameters NST= 18, Nph= 18, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.19 sec, Gp=133, M-type=body wave magnitude , Version=Q Source USGS NEIC Event ID us2009mrbc This event has been reviewed by a ... Comment?
Vanuatu: Taking only memories of Mystery
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After three days at sea out of sight of land, it was like a scene from Treasure Island to awake and find the Pacific Sun manoeuvering into remote Anelghowat Bay, the mountainous island of Anatom , at the southernmost tip of the Vanuatu archipelago looming in the water. Comment?
450 km NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 2040 km NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 24.3 km ; depth fixed by location program Parameters NST= 12, Nph= 12, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.73 sec, Gp=137, M-type=body wave magnitude , Version=6 Source USGS NEIC Event ID us2009mpbf This event has been reviewed by a ... Comment?
Tropical disturbance developing near NMI; tsunami alert cancelled
... public about the tsunami watch after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale hit the Vanuatu island region, 2,400 miles south southeast of Saipan. EMO said the estimated time of arrival for the tsunami wave was at ... Comment?
THERE was no damage or casualty in Vanuatu after the 8.1 magnitude earthquake there. Comment?
Series of quakes shake Vanuatu
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ISLANDERS FLEE: Samoans head to high ground after a tsunami warning sparked by a series of earthquakes off Vanuatu. Comment?
NZ tsunami warning still in force - Civil Defence
... Centre cancelling its warning for New Zealand. The warning follows a 7.8 magnitude earthquake off Santo island, near Vanuatu, at 11.03am NZT. A second earthquake measuring 7.3 struck 15 minutes later and a third at 12.13pm measuring 6.2. The quake ... Comment?
515 km NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu 2100 km NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 21.3 km ; depth fixed by location program Parameters NST= 14, Nph= 14, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=0.68 sec, Gp=126, M-type=body wave magnitude , Version=6 Source USGS NEIC Event ID us2009mmbv This event has been reviewed by a ... Comment?
Pacific tsunami warning lifted
... to the Pacific now that a tsunami warning for the region has been lifted. Three earthquakes hit off the coast of Vanuatu this morning, shaking many islands and prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre to issue a region-wide alert. The latest ... Comment?
Tsunami warning canceled in Pacific
... issued a regional tsunami warning for much of the western and central Pacific, after a huge subsea quake struck near Vanuatu Thursday morning. The epicenter of the quake was 295 km north-northwest of Luganville in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu at a depth ... Comment?
Two earthquakes off Vanuatu, measuring 7.3 and 6.2, roiled the Pacific Ocean Wednesday, triggering a tsunami warning by the U.S. Geological Survey. Comment?
Pacific panic over tsunami alert - Summary
Panic spread among Pacific island nations after a tsunami warning was triggered by two massive earthquakes off the coast of Vanuatu Thursday morning. Comment?