The devastating Vanuatu earthquake.. Australia sends relief and medical teams

The Australian government announced that on Wednesday it will send rescue personnel and medical assistants with two military transport planes to Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean, which was struck by a violent earthquake that killed at least 14 people.
“We will have a medical assistance team and a search and rescue team heading to Vanuatu later this morning with a C-17 and a C-130,” Defense Minister Richard Marles told the Australian Public Broadcasting Corporation.
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the Vanuatu archipelago on Tuesday, causing at least 14 deaths, according to several reports, and causing severe damage to buildings and infrastructure.

Tsunami warning

The epicenter of the earthquake, which struck at 12:47 local time (01:47 GMT), was located at a depth of 43 kilometers in the sea, thirty kilometers west of the capital of this island country, according to the US Geological Survey, which led to the issuance of a tsunami warning.
A 5.5 magnitude aftershock occurred a few minutes later, followed by a series of less powerful tremors.
A post by Katie Greenwood, official of the Pacific Red Cross, on the X platform, stated that the Vanuatu government reported that the death toll had reached 14 people, and that two hundred wounded were being treated in the main hospital in the capital.

Vanuatu earthquake today

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that at least six people had been killed and estimated that 116,000 people might be affected by the consequences of the earthquake.
The hospital in Port Vila was damaged, and the United Nations said that tents had been erected outside to accommodate the influx of patients, noting also that telecommunications service was intermittent and that the two main water tanks were damaged.
The wounded were transported to the hospital in the capital by trucks, and television images showed wounded lying on stretchers outside or on chairs.