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University of Waikato School of Science senior lecturer and tsunami expert, Dr Willem De Lange (File Photo). As far as he can determine this is the first time in recorded history that three tsunami events have impacted in a 24-hour period, while all being generated by sources within New Zealand waters. “It’s very uncommon to have three tsunami occurring worldwide within 24 hours in different locations, but to have it being generated in one location in extremely unusual,” De Lange said. “It hasn’t happened in New Zealand and as far as I can tell in our database it hasn’t happene...

A sequence of three major offshore earthquakes, including a magnitude 8.1 quake near the Kermadec Islands, triggered tsunami warnings and evacuations along the east coast of New Zealand on the morning of March 5. By early afternoon, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) lifted the evacuation order but stressed that people should stay off beaches and the shore. All three earthquakes happened along the Tonga Kermadec subduction zone, where the Pacific tectonic plate dives under and then sinks beneath the Australian plate. This subduction zone is the longest and deepest such system ...

Community All three earthquakes happened along the Tonga Kermadec subduction zone, where the Pacific tectonic plate dives under and then sinks beneath the Australian plate. Photo: Martin Gruenzweig/Oneworld Picture/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A sequence of three major offshore earthquakes, including a magnitude 8.1 quake near the Kermadec Islands, triggered tsunami warnings and evacuations along the east coast of New Zealand on March 4th. By early afternoon, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) lifted the evacuation order but stressed that people should stay ...

Three major earthquakes ruptured along the Tonga Kermadec subduction zone.

All three earthquakes happened along the Tonga Kermadec subduction zone.