Port Vila, Oct. 24 -- Multiple earthquakes, including one measuring 7.2 in preliminary magnitude, were reported near the Vanuatu Islands on Saturday, with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) recording seismic events of magnitudes 7.2, 6.9 and 6.3 in the region.

In posts on X, the USGS reported a preliminary magnitude 7.2 earthquake approximately 200 kilometres west of Sola, Vanuatu. The agency also reported a 6.9-magnitude earthquake around 197 kilometres west-northwest of Port-Olry and a 6.3-magnitude quake approximately 170 kilometres northwest of Port-Olry.

Meanwhile, India's National Center for Seismology (NCS) recorded an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 in the Vanuatu Islands on Saturday morning.

In a post on X, the NCS said th...