Earthquake of magnitude 7.1 strikes New Caledonia

Noumea: A powerful earthquake measuring  7.1 magnitude on the Richter Scale  struck southeast of Loyalty Islands in the French territory of New Caledonia on Saturday. The earthquake hit at a depth of 36 km.

This is the second earthquake striking the region. Earlier on Friday, a powerful earthquake measuring  7.7 magnitude on the Richter Scale  struck southeast of Loyalty Islands. The earthquake hit at a depth of 10 km.

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Earthquakes hit the island nation of Vanuatu regularly. As per experts, around 2000 earthquakes are reported in the country in a year. The country is situated in the ‘Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’. In this area two tectonic plates meet. The country is termed as the most disaster-prone region in the world with 49.74 marks.