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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
The earthquake off the Chilean coast has generated a tsunami that is now beginning to reach the eastern coast of New Zealand. A 40cm high surge of water was recorded at Gisborne a short while ago. Pitt Island in the Chathams has also been hit by a 1.5 metre high wave.
Napier, Castlepoint, Tauranga and North Cape tsunami indicators are showing signs that surges of water are reaching mainland New Zealand. The entire east coast has been put on a tsunami alert, the new Zealand Herald has reported.
New Zealand's entire east coast is at risk over the next 24 hours and citizens have been asked to avoid all beaches on this fine Sunday.
In Auckland, ferry services have been reported suspended.
"It is expected that the greatest wave heights will occur between six and 12 hours after the initial arrivals," the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management said in a statement on Sunday.
Residents on the Chatham Islands had been moved to higher ground several hours before the first wave struck and residents in low-lying areas of Banks Peninsula had been told to be prepared to evacuate. Evacuation measures have been put in place in several areas along the eastern coast of New Zealand, particularly in the Banks Peninsula where residents have been advised not to return for at least 24 hours.
The earthquake off the Chilean coast has generated a tsunami that is now beginning to reach the eastern coast of New Zealand. A 40cm high surge of water was recorded at Gisborne a short while ago. Pitt Island in the Chathams has also been hit by a 1.5 metre high wave.
Napier, Castlepoint,...
The earthquake off the Chilean coast has generated a tsunami that is now beginning to reach the eastern coast of New Zealand. A 40cm high surge of water was recorded at Gisborne a short while ago. Pitt Island in the Chathams has also been hit by a 1.5 metre high wave.
Napier, Castlepoint, Tauranga and North Cape tsunami indicators are showing signs that surges of water are reaching mainland New Zealand. The entire east coast has been put on a tsunami alert, the new Zealand Herald has reported.
New Zealand's entire east coast is at risk over the next 24 hours and citizens have been asked to avoid all beaches on this fine Sunday.
In Auckland, ferry services have been reported suspended.
"It is expected that the greatest wave heights will occur between six and 12 hours after the initial arrivals," the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management said in a statement on Sunday.
Residents on the Chatham Islands had been moved to higher ground several hours before the first wave struck and residents in low-lying areas of Banks Peninsula had been told to be prepared to evacuate. Evacuation measures have been put in place in several areas along the eastern coast of New Zealand, particularly in the Banks Peninsula where residents have been advised not to return for at least 24 hours.
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