Tsunami Alert! New Zealand Updates...

2nd Tsunami Warning for NZ >>

10.02 Local NZ Time.

• A Tsunami is on the way to New Zealand after an Earthquake near Samoa @ 06.48 NZ time
  
• I am listening to the radio and they say that Samoan news have reported 5 deaths. A bit of Hysteria is whipping up here in NZ over this and we do not know whether it is justified or not.
  
• Best to be safe rather than sorry I guess.
• 1 Metre swells are predicted for the Auckland region and Napier and the Napier port has been evacuated. (One metre? doesnt sound like much)
• The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center estimated any tsunami would hit New Zealand at the following times
• East Cape at approximately 9.45am
  
• Wellington at 10.50am
  
• Auckland's east coast at 11.12
  
• West coast at 11.39
  
• Lyttelton at 11.55
  
• Dunedin at 12.31

A bit of Comic Relief
I texted my brother in Scotland to tell him about it and hey said 'Head for the high hills!", when I said it is going to be about one metre, he told me 'ok, forget the evacuation, get yer wellies on!'

10.16

• I am also listening to my Radio Scanner on the marine channel 161.624 (Channel 80) and at 10.17 one person has issued a 'MAYDAY' and the Coastguard are trying to contact them. ( I suspect this may be a prank ) Transmission said..... 'Mayday' then after repeated requests by the coastguard to contact them we heard 'Barrier'
  

10.37

• Coastguard Tsunami warning remains in effect and people are being advised to stay away from coastal low lying areas.

10.46

• 90 CM Wave hits East Cape according to Radio Live.

10.48

• Civil Defence Downgrades Tsunami warning.
• Still due to Hit Auckland at 11.12am (Size 1 Metre)

10.55

• According to TVNZ A 40-centimetre Tsunami wave has come ashore in New Zealand at East Cape but there are no reports of damage.
• Civil Defence has downgraded this morning's tsunami warning to a tsunami alert.
• Civil Defence is still warning people to stay away from beaches and rivermouths as the first wave may not be the largest.

11.00

• 19 People dead in Samoa.

11.01

• 0.7m Rise in Northland and Tsunami warning officially cancelled according to Coastguard.

11.04

• Aftershocks reported in American Samoa (Sky News)

11.17

• Unless more waves arrive, it appears that the threat to NZ is over.

11.30

• Warning reiterated as NOT cancelled, but downgraded. Secondary waves expected to arrive in Auckland at 12.12

12.00

• Reports of up to 24 people dead in Samoa.

12.31

• Coastguard issues additional warning for NZ.

13.34

• The Red Cross and media reports put the death toll in Samoa at at least 28

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