Tsunami alert: Thames Whitianga most hazardous time expected 12.30pm
4 Mar, 2021 11:25 PM
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Surf Patrol on the Coromandel mobilised to ensure people stay out of the water. Photo / Alison Smith
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The Waikato Civil Defence and Emergency Management (CDEM) Group has issued a warning for a marine and beach threat between Port Charles and Whiritoa on the Coromandel Peninsula, including the Firth of Thames.
It follows two separate large earthquakes in the Kermadec Islands region this morning.
There is a danger to swimmers, surfers, people fishing, small boats and anyone in or near the water close to shore due to unusually strong currents and unpredictable water surges.
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As it happened: 1 NEWS s live updates after a magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands, prompting a tsunami evacuation warning for parts of the North Island. All have now been lifted and this live updates article has now concluded.
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The story so far:
The quake prompted an evacuation warning for parts of the North Island
People are allowed to return to their homes as the land warning has been lifted
All warnings have now been lifted.
It follows
two separate large earthquakes in the Kermadec Islands
region this morning.
There is a danger to swimmers,
surfers, people fishing, small boats and anyone in or near
the water close to shore due to unusually strong currents
and unpredictable water surges.
People in or near the
sea between Port Charles and Whiritoa should move out of the
water, off beaches and shore areas and away from harbours,
rivers and estuaries.
People are being urged to not go
to the coast to watch the unusual wave activity as there may
be dangerous and unpredictable surges. They should
also:
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