Santo Vanuatu Hit By Powerful Earthquake

The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available from Santo Vanuatu. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to its location and size. - Source USGS.gov

Vanuatu is located on the map North East of Australia.

Vanuatu in Wikipedia

the Republic of Vanuatu, is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago is located some 1,750 km (1090 mi) east of northern Australia, 500 km (310 mi) north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji and south of the Solomon Islands.

Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. Europeans began to settle in the area in the late 18th century and in 1906 Britain and France officially claimed the country, jointly managing it through a British-French Condominium as the New Hebrides. An independence movement was established in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was created in 1980.