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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 ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large tsunami waves crashing across the shore and people ...
New Zealand is located in a region prone to seismic activity. The third and strongest of Friday's quakes registered at a magnitude of 8.1 while the others registered above a 7.
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 ...
New Zealand Estimated $13,000,000,000 From Sunday 12 February to Wednesday 15 February, Cyclone Gabrielle struck the North Island, resulting in significant damage and flooding, and a national state of emergency being declared, the third time in the nation's history.
The earthquake generated a small tsunami, which reached a height of 0.30 m (0.98 ft) in Jackson Bay, New Zealand, 0.15 m (0.49 ft) in Spring Bay, Tasmania, and 0.10 m (0.33 ft) in Port Kembla, New South Wales. [12] There were no eyewitnesses to the tsunami and it caused no damage. [13]
1News is the news division of New Zealand television network TVNZ.The programme is broadcast live from TVNZ Centre in Auckland.The flagship news bulletin is the nightly 6 pm news hour, but 1News also has late night news bulletins, as well as current affairs shows such as Breakfast and Seven Sharp.
Large tsunamis have occurred in the US and will again. A magnitude 9.2 earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska caused damage and loss of life along the West Coast in 1964. More than 150 tsunamis have ...