A 5.7 magnitude earthquake occurred off the southern coast of Vanuatu. This was reported by TASS Citing the Australian Government Geological Survey.
The epicenter was located 300 km south of Port Vila, the capital of the country, where approximately 50 thousand people live. The epidemic lay at a depth of 40 km.
No casualties or damage were reported and no tsunami threat was reported.
October 30, experts from the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo reported It’s about the formation of a new island with a diameter of about 100 m as a result of the eruption of an underwater volcano.
According to experts from the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, an underwater volcano has erupted in the area of Io Island (also known as Iwo Jima).
On October 30, it was noted that it was possible to obtain aerial images of multiple groundwater eruptions where heated magma came into contact with water. According to the institute, the resulting stone blocks were up to 50 meters high.
Formerly Ebeko volcano in the Kuril Islands threw Ash to a height of 3.5 km.