The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies announced that the death toll rose to 14 and the number of injured to 200 in the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that occurred yesterday in Port Vila, the capital of the island country of Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean and was followed by tremors measuring up to 6.1 magnitude overnight.
The Chinese Embassy in the country announced that 2 Chinese citizens were among those who died.
According to Vanuatuan interim Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, the national disaster committee declared a state of emergency and imposed a seven-day curfew in the most affected regions.
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