The quake briefly prompted a tsunami alert for parts of Vanuatu, according to the U.S ... U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake ...

Map showing Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu. Video footage from the Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television Corporation showed crowds gathered outside Vila Central Hospital. Phone lines to police, ...

The embassy "sustained considerable damage during the earthquake and is closed until further notice," U.S. officials said in ...