A tsunami warning has been issued for New Zealand following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake has struck off the Kermadec Islands this morning.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has issued a warning for New Zealand, Tonga and the Kermadec Islands.
The United States Geological Survey reports the quake struck at 7.03am at a depth of 48km, and was centred 211km east of Raoul Island.
John Bellini, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Centre, said it was uncertain if a tsunami was on the way to New Zealand.
It would strike the East Cape around 9.00 am and Auckland around 10.00am.
This feels strangely familiar to the early reports of what became a devastating tsunami in Samoa a couple of years ago. We've got our fingers crossed that this particular event doesn't lead to deaths and widespread damage - more details as they happen...
UPDATE (8.20am): The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has cancelled the tsunami warning, although NZ Civil Defence is still warning of the possibility of sea surges throughout the day.
7 comments:
Just had the harbour master email me.
Alert over. Nothing to see.
Might go down to the Tamaki yacht club to have a look anyway.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm shitting myself in fear over this. The Herald reckons that a buoy has registered a TSUNAMI of 60 CMS out there in the ocean this morning! OMG. We're all going to die... I just know it... this is curtains for sure.
It's that darned climate again!
Moist's with me!
From Kiwiblog,
"Kiwiblog will be off air this Sunday between 6 am and midday approx. The server it is on is being cleaned and moved"
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Oh, please, take me now!
Best Farrar post ever!
@Dave Mann
Don't be so bloody smartarse. Its serious! I'm rushing to do my GST returns right now in case I die a horrible death in the next hour so I can go with a clear conscience.
Oh NO!!! The tsunami warning has been cancelled!!
This is SO unfair. The Japs had such a lovely tsunami and the world gave them so much attention. Why can't WE have a devastating tsunami too?
Still, just the WORD 'tsunami' is pretty exciting and it was cool to have the THREAT for a while even if it wasn't actually real and it didn't last long.
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