New Hebrides
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Powerful 'Quake Hits
One of the most powerful earth akes to strike the earthquake-prone >w Hebrides for years shook the uth-eastern part of Santo Island d the nearby islands of AAalekula d Aoba at 3.40 a.m. on July 10.
In Santo township, where the imors lasted for nearly four nutes, some people left their uses, fearing that the roofs would llapse. Bottles were broken, ound cracks developed, walls of ildings were cracked and a stone ill was knocked down, thus giving rating of strength 5i on the ircalli scale.
Similar effects were reported at >rsup (north-east AAalekula) and at nap and Port Sandwich (south-east ilekula).
At Lamap light objects were aken, and at Port Sandwich the larf was fractured and foundering jsed it to drop slightly.
Even on Epi in the centre of the oup, the earthquake still had an Jmated strength of 5; and the ects were felt as far north as nua Lava in the Banks Group, and far south as Vila, some 170 miles >m the immediate area affected.