New Zealand on Friday lifted its tsunami warning after the island nation was hit with three offshore earthquakes in less than eight hours.
The last earthquake measured 8.1 on the Richter scale and struck near New Zealand's north island prompting tsunami warnings across the region, before that, two earthquakes of 7.4 and 7.2 magnitudes had occurred in the same area.
However, New Zealand's emergency services have now downgraded the threat and said that all those who had evacuated their homes could now return.