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Mar 4, 2021 · Three earthquakes, including one of the strongest ever to hit the region, struck off the coast of New Zealand on Friday, triggering tsunami warnings that have now been stood down. Thousands...
The eruption caused tsunamis in Tonga, Fiji, American Samoa, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Japan, the United States, the Russian Far East, Chile and Peru. At least four people were killed, some were injured, and some remain possibly missing in Tonga from tsunami waves up to 20 m (66 ft) high.
Mar 4, 2021 · WELLINGTON, New Zealand — One of the biggest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history forced thousands of people in New Zealand to evacuate and triggered tsunami warnings...
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 5, 2021 · March 4, 2021 / 9:58 PM EST / AP. One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history triggered tsunami warnings across the ocean and forced thousands of people in New...
Jan 19, 2022 · 19 January 2022. Consulate of the Kingdom of Tonga. An image from the capital, Nuku’alofa, shows damage following Saturday's tsunami. New pictures have emerged from Tonga, revealing the damage...
Our Science. 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.
