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- The quake was at a 157km depth and the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in the US said there is currently no tsunami threat. NEMA said there was no tsunami threat to New Zealand.
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Mar 4, 2021 · The national tsunami warning was lifted at 15:43 (02:43 GMT), some 13 hours after the first quake. Some wave surges hit parts of the coast but, by Friday afternoon, authorities said the largest...
Mar 4, 2021 · Officials in New Zealand had hours earlier issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas after the first quake struck off its northeastern coast at about 2:30 a.m. Friday. There were no...
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Mar 4, 2021 · March 4, 2021. SYDNEY — A tsunami warning for parts of New Zealand was lifted on Friday afternoon, hours after officials had told residents of coastal areas to evacuate in the wake of an...
Mar 4, 2021 · CNN —. New Zealand has downgraded its tsunami warning after a powerful earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands region early Friday, sparking fears of a tsunami. The 8.1-magnitude quake was...
May 19, 2023 · 19/05/2023. Scott Palmer. Lucy Thomson. New Zealand's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has cancelled its tsunami activity warning issued after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the...
Mar 5, 2021 · There is no tsunami threat in all other areas. The tsunami threat to New Zealand has been further downgraded. — National Emergency Management Agency (@NZcivildefence) March 5, 2021. The...
Natural Hazards and Risks. Tsunami in New Zealand. We are vulnerable to tsunami because of our position on the "Ring of Fire" – the highly active tectonic plate boundary of the Pacific. Since the 1840s, written records suggest that at least 68 tsunami have reached our shores. Of these, six were over 5 m high.
