Its epicenter was located approximately 18 miles west of Port Vila, Vanuatu's largest city. Phone lines and communication systems were disrupted, limiting the flow of official updates. Port Vila ...

Australia is urgently sending assistance, including emergency medical and search and rescue teams, to Vanuatu following a powerful earthquake.

Six of the fatalities occurred in a landslide and four in a collapsed building in downtown Port Vila, where video footage ... France and New Zealand are helping with aerial assessment flights ...

“There are people in the buildings in town,” Port Vila resident Michael Thompson told AFP news agency by satellite phone. “There were bodies there when we walked past.” The US Embassy in ...