A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 90km from Luganville in Vanuatu at 5am this morning with a second 5.4 magnitude earthquake 114km from the town at 6.30am.
No casualties have been instantly reported from the dual quakes.
There was no tsunami warning issued following the quakes which struck 10km deep.
The pacific island has been positioned beneath a state of emergency for six months as a number of disasters sweep throughout the nation.
It comes as class 4 Cyclone Judy has swept throughout the nation leaving elements of the capital Port Vila with out energy for days and many individuals in emergency evacuation centres.
There are stories of great harm within the Tafea province within the nation’s south.
The Vanuatu Business Resilience Council stated it would work to supply help to impacted residents.
“We will mobilise our private sector cluster network of shipping vessels to support the government response to get urgent aid to the effected islands,” the group stated.
A second cyclone is approaching the nation, Cyclone Kevin, and is predicted to make landfall this weekend.
It will intensify to a class 4 on Saturday because it travels south-east.
“The Pacific island nation is still in the early stages of recovering from the effects of a previous cyclone, which made landfall earlier this week,” US AID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance stated.
Nearly 400mm of rain is predicted to fall because the cyclone makes landfall.
Destructive winds of as much as 120km/h with 185km/h gusts are additionally forecast.
The climate emergencies have compelled companies and faculties to shut and airways have cancelled flights.
Located to the east of Australia and the north of New Zealand, Vanuatu is house to about 300,000 folks.
Source: www.9news.com.au
