SYDNEY, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least one person died and a mass casualty triage was set up at a hospital in Port Vila after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu Tuesday, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.

Authorities cancelled an initial tsunami warning after the quake struck 37 km from the capital Port Vila, the ABC said.

One eyewitness named Mark, from Vanuatu Beverage Limited, described seeing a landslide at the Port Vila wharf.

"When it was shaking, I stood up next to my truck and I felt like it was jumping," he told Vanuatu's national broadcaster VBTC. Enditem

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