Vanuatu, niyanig ng magnitude 6.5 na lindol

By Dona Dominguez-Cargullo September 21, 2017 - 08:07 AM

Tumama ang malakas na magnitude 6.5 na lindol sa Vanuatu pasado alas 4:00 ng madaling araw oras sa Pilipinas.

Ayon sa US Geological Survey, naitala ang epicenter ng lindol sa Erromango island sa Pacific Ocean.

Sa kabila ng malakas na magnitude, may kalaliman naman ang lindol na nasa 200 kilometers.

Ang Erromango island ay mayroong populasyon na aabot sa 2,000.

Ayon naman sa Vanuatu Meteorological Services & Geohazard Department hindi nagdulot ng pinsala sa Pacific island nation ang pagyanig.

Samantala, sa abiso ng PHIVOLCS, sinabi nitong walang banta ng tsunami sa Pilipinas bunsod ng nasabing lindol.

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