The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has confirmed a tsunami was generated by a large earthquake off Vanuatu but has now cancelled warnings, saying the danger is likely to have passed.Civil Defence said a tsunami measuring 0.4m was recorded off Vanuatu and had advised New Zealanders to stay off beaches and out of boats.
Its coming from Vanuatu this time, an 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake has been reported off Vanuatu and New Zealand Civil Defence have issued a Tsunami 'watch'.
The epicentre was 373 km north of Santo, Vanuatu.
It has been reported to be at a depth of 33km and the US State of Hawaii has received a Tsunami advisory from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre.
The Ministry of Civil Defence is advising of a potential tsunami threat to New Zealand from an earthquake of magnitude 8 at Vanuatu.
An advisory is being sent to all responding agencies, including Fire, Police, Coastguard, local authorities and others to put them on standby.
The public is advised to not be on beaches or in boats near the coast. NZ Civil Defence >>
The public is advised to not be on
beaches or in boats near the coast.
Small Tsunami has been confirmed at Vanuatu.
beaches or in boats near the coast.
Small Tsunami has been confirmed at Vanuatu.
Tsunami warning is in effect for:
Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Kiribati, Kosrae, Wallis-Futuna, Howland-Baker
A tsunami watch is in effect for:
Various countries including New Zealand, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Australia
Should a tsunami reach New Zealand, it will hit at the following times:
* North Cape - 2.34pm
* East Cape - 3.16pm
* Auckland (West) - 3.33pm
* Gisborne 3.49pm
* New Plymouth 4.10pm
* Auckland (East) 4.14pm
* Napier 4.29pm
* Milford Sound 4.35pm
* Wellington 4.39pm
* Westport 4.50pm.
There is no confirmation that a tsunami has been generated. Our advice from scientific advisors is that if a tsunami has been generated it is unlikely to be destructive for New Zealand. However, the Potential Threat Advisory remains in effect until cancellation.
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