Ua hiki mai kahi ōlaʻi 6.7 ka nui ma ka ʻākau o Ambrym Island ma ka pae ʻāina ʻo Vanuatu i kēia lā, ʻAukake 21, 2018, ma 22:32:29 UTC. ʻO kēia ka lua o ka ʻōlaʻi nui ʻelua i kēia lā me Venesuela i pā ʻia e ka nui nui o 7.3 i kēia lā.

Aia ke kiko o ke ōlaʻi i kekahi mau kilomita mai ke kihi o Ambrym, kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi e kū ana, mai ka hohonu o 30 mau kilomita.

Ua haʻi ke Kuhina o nā Puʻukū Kūloko a me ka Manaʻo Emergency Emergency i Vanuatu ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻoweliweli i ke kai eʻe ma New Zealand ma hope o ke ōlaʻi.

ʻAʻole i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Pacific Warning Warning Center kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo kai eʻe.

ʻAʻole i loaʻa kahi hōʻike o nā pohō a me nā ʻeha.

Ua kapa ʻia ka "Ring of Fire" ke kāʻei Circum-Pacific. ʻO ia kahi o nā ʻōlaʻi e hoʻopuni ana i ka Moana Pākīpika kahi ma kahi o 90% o nā ōlaʻi o ka honua e kū nei.

Nā mamao:

• 78.3 km (48.6 mi) E o Lakatoro, Vanuatu
• 120.6 km (74.8 mi) ESE o Luganville, Vanuatu
• 187.3 km (116.1 mi) N o Port-Vila, Vanuatu
• 546.7 km (339.0 mi) N o W, New Caledonia
• 698.5 km (433.0 mi) NNE o Dumba, New Caledonia

He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:

Aia ke kiko o ke ōlaʻi i kekahi mau kilomita mai ke kihi o Ambrym, kahi mokupuni liʻiliʻi e kū ana, mai ka hohonu o 30 mau kilomita.
ʻO ia ka ʻāpana o nā ōlaʻi e hoʻopuni ana i ka Moana Pākīpika kahi i kū ai ma kahi o 90% o nā ʻōlaʻi o ka honua.
Ua haʻi ke Kuhina o nā Puʻukū Kūloko a me ka Manaʻo Emergency Emergency i Vanuatu ʻaʻole lākou i hoʻoweliweli i ke kai eʻe ma New Zealand ma hope o ke ōlaʻi.