Two large earthquakes have hit the Hunter Fracture Zone, SE of Vanuatu.The two earthquakes were magnitude 6.1. The first hit on Tuesday, August9, 2005 at 5:26 PM, and the second on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at 2:12AM, local time. The Hunter Fracture Zone extends in a E-W direction, betweenSouthern Vanuatu and Fiji. The closest active volcanoes are Hunter, andYasur in Vanuatu.
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