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Prime Minister of Vanuatu Ishmael Kalsakau reshuffles the cabinet and appoints two new ministers ahead of a no-confidence vote.
2023-08-8

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, causing tsunami warnings in Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and other countries in the South Pacific, and generating a 60 cm tsunami in Lenakel, Vanuatu.
2023-05-19

Six people are killed when two earthquakes strike northern Afghanistan.
2022-09-6

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits the Kuril Islands town Severo-Kurilsk in Russia's Far East.
2020-03-25

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in South Korea, 9km south of Gyeongju, injuring at least two people and causing nationwide panic. It is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in South Korea.
2016-09-12

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits off the coast of the Vanuatu island of Malakula, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) to issue a tsunami warning for the coasts of New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, which was later cancelled.
2016-04-29

Authorities in Vanuatu report that it faces imminent shortages of food and water in the wake of Cyclone Pam.
2015-03-19

Russia becomes the 156th member of the World Trade Organization. Vanuatu becomes the 157th member.
2012-08-22

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of New Zealand's Kermadec Islands resulting in a tidal surge.
2011-07-7

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake and small tsunami hits the Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu.
2010-08-10