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Earthquake swarm: North Island tsunami warning lifted after 8.1 shake, evacuees return home 5 Mar, 2021 03:45 AM 16 minutes to read TSUNAMI WARNING LATEST * Three major earthquakes - at 2.27am, 6.41am, and 8.28am - all of magnitue 7 or higher hit near New Zealand * The third of these earthquakes - a magnitude 8.1 quake in the Kermadec Islands - spark Civil Defence tsunami warnings * Wave surges strike New Zealand coastline as evacuated residents watch from higher ground * Largest waves pass by 1.30pm with no reports of damage; evacuees told they can return home * National tsunami advisory li...

Tsunami threat to Northland from Kermadec earthquake 4 Mar, 2021 10:30 PM 8 minutes to read TSUNAMI WARNING LATEST * (1.25pm) GNS Science has downgraded tsunami warnings for New Zealand, advising the largest waves have now passed. A National Emergency Management Agency release says the threat level's now downgraded to a beach and marine threat for all areas that were previously under land and marine threat. It says all people who were evacuated can now return. The advice remains for all areas under beach and marine threat, to stay off beach and shore areas. * Doubtless Bay residents in the Fa...

After 13 hours - and three major earthquakes - some peace of mind finally arrives.

After 13 hours - and three major earthquakes - some peace of mind finally arrives.