Auckland Harbour, Tsunami Alert Photos

Tsunami Alert for Auckland >>


New Zealand 'One News' crew and spectators at North Head.


North Head Spectators gather on a lovely Sunny Auckland Sunday.


Dawn Princess Passengers await the Tsunami.


The Dawn Princess sits ready to absorb the impact of any waves in the Waitemata harbour after being ordered to leave her berth in Auckland while the Tsunami alert is in force.


Cheltenham Beach gets a few ripples as the 'Tsunami' arrives.


Back to business: New Zealand Warship HMNZS Te Kaha moves out into the middle of the harbour


Commercial and sailing boats flank the Te Kaha as she sits at anchor in Auckland

16.08hrs NZT. All is normal.

Tsunami Alert for Auckland: Feb 28th 2010

Tsunami Alert Photos >>

Another alert and this time it seems to be a bit more serious following the 8.8 Magnitude quake over in Chile.

Having been listening to the marine scanner this morning a few interesting reports of 1.0m waves and 0.2m waves (20 cm) have been reported all along the coastline.

We headed on up to North Head where dozens of people and a ONE News team were standing by to witness the onslaught. (Photo: Murray Douglas) Of course, nothing really happened. We did see some small waves coming into shore but very noticeable.

No time to be complacent though, we never know when the real one will hit and when it does, I can guarantee 100% that there will be plenty of beach spectators getting hurt.

Today we saw the Cruise ship Dawn Princess anchored at the entrance to the Waitemata harbour having been told to leave its dock due to the Tsunami alert. (Photo by Murray Douglas) Note the passengers on the upper deck waiting for the show to start!

The photo on the right is of the first Tsunami waves (surge) as it 'hit' Auckland at approx 10.52am. Its not much to look at I'm afraid...

The Tsunami alert remains in place for the rest of the day.

ALERT! 2nd Tsunami heading to New Zealand

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.

From NZ Herald>

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.

More soon...