Update on Aussies fleeing quake-hit Vanuatu

The last two scheduled Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) repatriation flights ferried home 118 Australians fleeing earthquake-ravaged Vanuatu overnight, bringing the total number of evacuees to 686. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) …

Scores of Australians evacuated from Vanuatu on final ADF repatriation flights

The last two scheduled Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) repatriation flights ferried home 118 Australians fleeing earthquake-ravaged Vanuatu overnight, bringing the total number of evacuees to 686. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) …

UN surge teams mobilise as Vanuatu hit by second earthquake

A state of emergency remains in effect across the island nation, and a seven-day dusk-to-dawn curfew in parts of Port Vila was scheduled to end on 24 December. Access road to the seaport is also reportedly blocked. The second earthquake heightened concerns …

Vanuatu residents traumatised by quake afraid to return to homes

A seaside community in Vanuatu holds an open air church service to bring people together. Photo: RNZ Pacific / Koroi Hawkins Some Vanuatu residents in Port Vila are still too scared to sleep in their own houses as powerful tremors continue to rock the …

Final two RAAF jets bring Australians home from Vanuatu

'Get them to safety': Australian father's plea as 'traumatised' family 'left behind' in Vanuatu

Large quake hits battered Vanuatu

SYDNEY, Australia — A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu's main island early on Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, five days after a more powerful quake wreaked havoc and killed at least 12 people. The nation' …

6.1 magnitude earthquake strikes South Pacific island Vanuatu

Baku, December 22, AZERTAC An earthquake with 6.1 magnitude on Saturday struck near Port-Vila, South Pacific island Vanuatu, Anadolu Agency reports citing the US Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 39.9 kilometers (24.7 miles). …

Fiji Airways Resumes Commercial Flights To Quake-Hit Vanuatu

(MENAFN- IANS) Suva, Dec 23 (IANS) Fiji Airways restarted commercial passenger operations to port Vila, capital of Vanuatu, on Monday, after days of suspension following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that hit Vanuatu on December 17. According to Fiji …

Fiji Airways recommences commercial passenger flights to Vanuatu

(MENAFN) Fiji Airways resumed commercial passenger flights to port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, on Monday after suspending operations for several days following the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the nation on December 17. The resumption marks a …