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A tsunami warning was issued for large stretches of New Zealand’s northeast coastline on March 5 after a magnitude-8.1 earthquake – the third in the country that morning – struck the ...
The first area affected was the Chatham Islands, where the tsunami struck at about 1 am (New Zealand time) on 15 August. News of the effect on the Chathams did not reach the mainland until 27 August, when the schooner Rifleman reached Port Chalmers. The Māori village of Tupuangi was totally destroyed, with only sand and seaweed marking its ...
About three hours after the earthquake struck, the US Tsunami Warning Center announced there was no longer a threat Earthquake triggers 3ft wave tsunami warnings across South Pacific Skip to main ...
an earthquake has occurred with these preliminary parameters origin time - 0504 pm hst october 27, 2012 coordinates - 52.8 north 131.8 west location - queen charlotte islands region magnitude - 7.7 moment evaluation based on all available data the tsunami threat has decreased and is now at the advisory level and not expected to increase.
The 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake was a M w 7.8 earthquake that struck a remote region of Fiordland, New Zealand, on 15 July at 21:22 local time (09:22 UTC). It had an initially–reported depth of 12 km (7.5 mi), and an epicentre near Dusky Sound in Fiordland National Park, which is 160 km (99 mi) north-west of Invercargill.
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A tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre covering Vanuatu, Fiji, the Kermadec Islands, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Wallis and Futuna, [36] with waves expected to reach 1 m (3 ft 3 in). [50] This was lifted on 14:14 VUT. [29]
The Tonga Meteorological Services said a tsunami warning was declared for all of the archipelago, and data from the Pacific tsunami center showed waves of 80 centimeters (2.7 feet) had been detected.