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All major shops and centres around the capital city of Suva were closed this morning as hundreds of workers headed home in response to the tsunami warning.
Even after the warning was cancelled just minutes after it was issued, people were still seen moving to higher ground in the capital.
The Public Service Commission issued a circular advising all civil servants to stay home and not report for duty as a precautionary measure.
Students of schools along the coastal including Cathedral Secondary and Suva Grammar were sent home.
Most of the education institutes including the University of the South Pacific sent students home while the Downtown Boulevard which houses the Fiji National Provident Fund was closed until 10am.
All FNPF staff were requested to return to work at 11am.
Banks have also recalled all staff.
A Namadi Heights resident Ana Bole told FijiLive news that despite the cancellation of the warning, she did not want to take any risks.
“I think it was nice to see that people in the capital took the warning seriously and moved to higher ground,” she said.
Bole said she would be keep her two children at home in case the warning was re-enforced.
The warning was enforced early this morning by the Pacific Tsunami warning center for Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Kermadec Islands, American Samoa, Samoa and Wallis-Futuna.
