At least one person has died following a magnitude-7.4 earthquake at Vanuatu, 37km off the coast of Port Vila. A tsunami warning was in place but has since been cancelled. Follow live.
At least one person has died and a mass casualty triage has been set up at a hospital in Port Vila after a magnitude-7.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu .
said this was "an exceptional earthquake" and was much more violent than the kind normally experienced in Vanuatu. "There are cracks visible in numerous buildings around town, old and new. Everybody's going to have to do a bit of a stock take.""I saw some photos that made my blood run cold of the downtown area in Port Vila, of market areas, or shops with roofs that have collapsed," she told News Channel."It was a violent earthquake, more violent than I have ever seen in 21 years living in Vanuatu," he said.
"For the time being, I'm confident that I speak on behalf of all Australians when I say that we're thinking of the wonderful people of Vanuatu."on Tuesday afternoon said the country was having aftershocks following the major earthquake.Mr Zebeta said the Vanuatu geohazards agency's "system" was running again following the quake and it would issue updates.
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