International / Tsunami alert after an earthquake in Vanuatu

A 6.8-magnitude quake struck off the coast of the Pacific island country Vanuatu on Wednesday, prompting a caution of doubtlessly risky tsunami waves, US video display units stated.

An AFP correspondent stated citizens withinside the Vanuatu capital Port Vila couldn't sense the temblor. The earthquake turned into detected at an intensity of ninety-four kilometres (fifty-six miles) and turned into approximately 340 kilometres northwest of Port Vila, in step with the United States Geological Survey.

Hazardous tsunami waves had been feasible for coasts inside three hundred kilometres of the epicentre, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre stated in an initial assessment. Authorities in Australia and Fiji each discounted any tsunami danger to their shores.