A Pacific-wide tsunami alert issued after the 8.1-magnitude quake. The powerful quake struck in the ocean off the coast of New Zealand, prompting some evacuations and tsunami warnings across the South Pacific. There was little damage from the huge Pacific quake and a tsunami threat passes.
M8.1 near the New Zealand coast. NOT an update but another earthquake. A tsunami warning is in effect with waves up to 3 meters above tide level. The M8.0 below appears to have been later updated by USGS. As of this posting, an evaluation of the potential for Hawaii is underway. The M8.0 below appears to have been updated by USGS.
Information is at https://tsunami.gov/ and https://lnkd.in/efudegg
"PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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* MAGNITUDE 8.0
* ORIGIN TIME 1928 UTC MAR 4 2021
* COORDINATES 29.6 SOUTH 176.0 WEST
* DEPTH 10 KM / 6 MILES
* LOCATION KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION
EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 8.0 OCCURRED IN THE KERMADEC ISLANDS REGION AT 1928 UTC ON THURSDAY MARCH 4 2021.
* BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST
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* HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE HOURS ALONG SOME COASTS OF KERMADEC ISLANDS... TONGA... NEW ZEALAND... NIUE...AMERICAN SAMOA... SAMOA... WALLIS AND FUTUNA... COOK ISLANDS... TOKELAU... VANUATU AND FIJI"
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