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Some context on the Vanuatu earthquake, courtesy of Australian Associated Press:
A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck just off the east coast of Vanuatu’s major island of Efate at 12.47pm on Tuesday. Locals reported on social media feeling violent shaking for around 30 seconds.
I know of one fatality according to police stationed at Port Vila Central Hospital, and I saw with my own eyes three others on gurneys, several others walking around, walking wounded.
I think it will probably be in the dozens, altogether dead and wounded.