Vanuatu earthquake: A family in Auckland with their infants and young children rationing food and water supplies

“There is absolutely no communication about what we need to do. Staying in place is fine, but we will run out of food and water quickly.

An Auckland couple and their two young children are rationing their food and water supplies after becoming trapped following the earthquake in Vanuatu.

The earthquake occurred at a depth of 57 km and 30 km west of Port Vila, the capital of Vanuatu, at 2.47 pm. So far, the official death toll is 14 people. Hundreds of people were also injured.

There is no electricity, running water or fuel. They were able to barter six liters of bottled water from the town when they went to seek help.

The woman's 5-month-old son was being weaned from breast milk. However, that has changed as the family tries to conserve water.

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The couple and their children have been in Vanuatu for the past two weeks; Ahead of what will be a surprise birthday celebration for a relative in the coming days. This concert has since been cancelled.

They were on Santo Island before flying to Port Vila two days ago.

The woman's mother, Auckland resident Debbie Williams, said her daughter described the quake as “violent.” The family was in their AirBnB apartment when the quake struck yesterday afternoon.

Damage to buildings and first attempts at recovery in Port Vila after the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck yesterday. Photography/Michael Thompson

“It was really violent and they were thrown across the room. They were just trying to hold on to the kids. They both had their arms hurt.

“They took everything they could, including their passports, and left. The building had cracks in the walls… and they… [thought]“It is impossible for us to stay here.”

They have since been taken in by an English family living on the island. With them are other families, Australian expatriates, who have been told they will need to wait for commercial flights to start again if they want to evacuate.

There are 58 New Zealanders registered as being in Vanuatu. However, officials believe there is more.

Williams said she simply wanted to know what the New Zealand government was planning to do to get its citizens out of Vanuatu.

“It's the hygiene issue I'm worried about. There are no flushing toilets and the temperature is over 30 degrees. It's really hot.

“When it comes to little kids, don't mess around.”

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