Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Vanuatu, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says

A magnitude 7.2 event near Vanuatu is a reminder of how quickly seismic risk can reprice exposure across Pacific island economies, which sit on major shipping and undersea cable routes. The absence of epicenter, depth and tsunami guidance in the initial bulletin matters: those parameters determine whether this stays a localized event or becomes a regional one. For markets, the immediate read-through is to infrastructure and logistics tied to the region, not to crypto or RWA assets directly. Whether a tsunami warning is issued and how shallow the rupture proves are the open questions worth watching.