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EXPLAINED: Large earthquake hits battered vanuatu - The Real Truth

Rescue workers are seen on December 19, 2024 at a collapsed building from Vanuatu's first earthquake, in a photo taken and released by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Credit: AFP)

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake rattled buildings on Vanuatu's main island early Sunday but did not appear to have caused major damage, five days after a more powerful quake wreaked havoc and killed 12 people.

The nation's most populous island, Efate, is still reeling from the deadly 7.3-magnitude temblor on Tuesday, which toppled concrete buildings and set off landslides in and around the capital of Port Vila.

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