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Strong quake strikes off battered Vanuatu

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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu early Sunday , the US Geological Survey says.

The latest quake struck just days after a deadly 7.3 -magnitude quake hit near the same island in the Pacific archipelago .

The nation's main island, Efate , is still reeling from the Tuesday quake, which killed 12 people.

No tsunami alerts were immediately triggered by the latest temblor, which struck at 2:30 am (1530 GMT Saturday ).

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