alexandre rosignol: Live & Latest News Updates : Vimarsana.com
Update: New Zealand lifts evacuation orders, saying highest waves have passed Published: March 05, 2021 00:44 AFP Traffic slowly works up to high ground at Whangarei, New Zealand, as a tsunami warning is issued Friday, March 5, 2021. Image Credit: AP
Wellington: New Zealand lifted tsunami evacuation orders covering large swathes of its coastline Friday, declaring “the largest waves have now passed” after a swarm of powerful offshore earthquakes.
“All people who evacuated can now return,” said the National Emergency Management Agency, which ordered tens of thousands of residents to flee for higher ground after a series of tremors early Friday.
Pacific-wide alert
Coastal residents in New Zealand, New Caledonia and Vanuatu fled for higher ground following a Pacific-wide tsunami alert.
South-islandNew-zealand-generalNew-zealandNorth-islandMexicoWellingtonJapanVanuatuUnited-statesWhangareiNew-caledoniaRussia Updated Mar 05, 2021 | 10:55 IST
In New Zealand, communities along stretches of the North Island were warned to flee as tsunami alert sirens wailed after an 8.1-magnitude quake. (Representational photo) | Photo Credit: AP
Wellington: Tsunami warnings were lifted across several South Pacific islands Friday allowing tens of thousands of evacuees to return home, as the risk from a series of powerful earthquakes appeared to ease.
Quakes of 7.3, 7.4 and 8.1 magnitude struck near New Zealand's remote Kermadec Islands in quick succession early Friday, followed by dozens of powerful aftershocks and a slew of tsunami warnings across the Pacific.
Thousands headed for high ground as waves of up to three metres (11 feet) had been predicted in New Caledonia and Vanuatu, with states and territories from New Zealand to Peru, Russia to Antarctica also put on high alert.
New-zealandNorth-islandNew-zealand-generalMexicoWellingtonJapanVanuatuUnited-statesNew-caledoniaSouth-islandRussiaTongaClose
According to the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), a magnitude 8 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of New Zealand early Friday, causing tsunami warnings.
(Photo : Photo by Mark Tantrum/Getty Images)
WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - MARCH 05: Bill Fry, GNS Seismologist Tectonophysicist speaks with media on March 05, 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand. Tsunami warnings are in place for large parts of the New Zealand North Island coast following a series of earthquakes earlier today. (Photo by Mark Tantrum/Getty Images)
NZ Earthquake and Tsunami: Evacuation to HIgher Ground
Thousands of residents have clustered on high ground throughout New Zealand, where waves of up to 3 meters high and floods are still threats.
New-zealandAustraliaWellingtonNew-zealand-generalJapanVanuatuKermadecBretagneFranceNew-caledoniaNew-plymouthNoumea