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Earthquake Strikes Vanuatu

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu islands yesterday, per Fananews.

The quake occurred near the island nation's main port city of Port Vila, prompting local authorities to issue a minor tsunami warning.

The Grand Hotel & Casino in Port Vila has completed a 15-month post-quake overhaul, Karryon.com.au reports.

Dense fog persists over Port Vila, with current conditions showing 99% humidity and a temperature of 21.7°C, according to open-meteo.

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01theglobeandmailtheglobeandmail.com · 2 NovTrade Your View Before the IPO: Vantage Spotlights its Pre-IPO CFD Offering 02karryonkarryon.com.au · 1 NovVanuatu eyes 150K visitors by 2028 with AU its main source 03fananewsfananews.com · 1 Nov5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes off Coast of Vanuatu Islands 04karryonkarryon.com.au · 31 OctGrand Hotel & Casino completes 15-month post-quake overhaul in Port Vila 05solomontimessolomontimes.com · 31 OctFFA members to seek first joint bigeye tuna measure at Port Vila talks 06scoopscoop.co.nz · 31 OctFFA Members To Push For Landmark Bigeye Tuna Management Measure At WCPFC23 - Scoop 07dailypostdailypost.vu · 30 OctTemporary National Museum exhibition opens in Port Vila 08dailypostdailypost.vu · 30 OctYasur Volcano provides training ground for Pacific disaster experts

Open data on the globe —

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M6.0 earthquake · USGS · plate boundaries: Bird 2003

Why these floors —

E2 · E7 · E11

E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E2, nuclei; the pressure it names: seismic activity. Its words also reach E7 ecosystems and E11 organizations.

Here it is a dynamic between the deep Earth, ecosystems and organizations: earthquake and tsunami warning (E2 nuclei), with dense fog, humidity and temperature (E7 ecosystems), and Grand Hotel & Casino (E11 organizations).

E0 fieldsE7 ecosystemsE14 global
E2 Nucleimain floor

The floor of the deep Earth and the stars. In this briefing: earthquake, tsunami warning.

E7 Ecosystems

The floor of weather and living systems. In this briefing: dense fog, humidity, temperature.

E11 Organizations

The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: Grand Hotel & Casino.

Read The Arena, the E0–E14 stack →

Keep going —

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Watch 24/701E14 LiveThe planet, narrated as the news arrives.Interactive tool02The E14 ExplorerOpen the globe over Port Vila.Flagship essay03The View From E14Why look at the news from one floor above the planet.The stack04The ArenaThe fifteen floors, E0 to E14, every story is placed on.AI companion05Chat with PrometheusAsk what a story has to do with emergence.Foundations06EmergenceHow order arises, unbidden, from simpler parts.
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