Vanuatu hit by small tsunami after 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Pacific.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake in the far Pacific created small tsunami waves in Vanuatu, with waves 60 centimeters above tide level measured off Lenakel. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued advisories for Vanuatu and New Caledonia, with the Vanuatu National Disaster Management Office advising people to evacuate from coastal areas to higher grounds. The earthquake's epicenter was near the Loyalty Islands, part of the "Ring of Fire," an arc of seismic faults around the Pacific Ocean where most of the world's earthquakes occur.