Frightened villagers in the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu flee to higher ground after a brief tsunami scare following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake late on Sunday
Vanuatu is part of the Pacific"Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide, and experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity.
The violent quake's epicentre on Sunday was in the sea just off the northern bay of the largest island Espiritu Santo, some 400 kilometres north of the archipelago's capital Port Vila.Kayson Pore, a 22-year-old student from the village of Hog Harbour in Espiritu Santo, said he was looking for crab on the beach with half a dozen friends when the earth shook.
"Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to one metre above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Vanuatu," the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said.The French embassy in Vanuatu advised people to stay away from the coasts in a post on its official Facebook page.Vanuatu is part of the Pacific "Ring of Fire", where tectonic plates collide, and experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity.
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