M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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Been a series of quakes near Raoul Island, with a M8.1 at 8:28am NZDT according to the USGS (M7.1 according to Geonet).

A tsunami threat has also been issued…

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes ... /executive
https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2021p169764
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Re: M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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Raoul island gauges have gone offline. Not a good sign


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Re: M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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Any tsunamis are expected to reach NZ from just after 10am this morning NZDT…

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NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
1958 UTC THU MAR 4 2021
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ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
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  * ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
    FOR PLACES WITHIN THREATENED REGIONS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
    ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
    LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
    WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

    LOCATION         REGION             COORDINATES    ETA(UTC)
    ------------------------------------------------------------
    RAOUL ISLAND     KERMADEC ISLANDS  29.2S 177.9W   1948 03/04
    NUKUALOFA        TONGA             21.0S 175.2W   2044 03/04
    LOTTIN POINT     NEW ZEALAND       37.5S 178.2E   2049 03/04
    NIUE ISLAND      NIUE              19.0S 170.0W   2056 03/04
    HOLEVA           TONGA             18.6S 173.9W   2058 03/04
    GISBORNE         NEW ZEALAND       38.7S 178.0E   2109 03/04
    NIUATOPUTAPU     TONGA             15.9S 173.8W   2117 03/04
    NORTH CAPE       NEW ZEALAND       34.4S 173.3E   2118 03/04
    MOUNT MAUNGANUI  NEW ZEALAND       37.6S 176.2E   2119 03/04
    PAGO PAGO        AMERICAN SAMOA    14.3S 170.7W   2119 03/04
    PORT TAURANGA    NEW ZEALAND       37.7S 176.2E   2126 03/04
    EAST CAPE        NEW ZEALAND       37.7S 178.5E   2131 03/04
    WHANGAREI        NEW ZEALAND       35.8S 174.5E   2134 03/04
    WALLIS ISLAND    WALLIS AND FUTUN  13.3S 176.3W   2143 03/04
    NAPIER           NEW ZEALAND       39.5S 176.9E   2145 03/04
    RAROTONGA        COOK ISLANDS      21.2S 159.8W   2146 03/04
    KAINGAROA CHATH  NEW ZEALAND       43.7S 176.3W   2151 03/04
    PUKAPUKA ISLAND  COOK ISLANDS      10.8S 165.9W   2205 03/04
    FUTUNA ISLAND    WALLIS AND FUTUN  14.3S 178.2W   2206 03/04
    WELLINGTON       NEW ZEALAND       41.3S 174.8E   2206 03/04
    ANATOM ISLAND    VANUATU           20.2S 169.9E   2213 03/04
    SUVA             FIJI              18.1S 178.4E   2213 03/04
    WAITANGI CHATHA  NEW ZEALAND       43.9S 176.6W   2220 03/04
    AUCKLAND EAST    NEW ZEALAND       36.7S 175.0E   2235 03/04
    AUCKLAND WEST    NEW ZEALAND       37.1S 174.2E   2248 03/04
    TUBUAI           FRENCH POLYNESIA  23.3S 149.5W   2248 03/04
    NOUMEA           NEW CALEDONIA     22.3S 166.5E   2300 03/04
    PENRYN ISLAND    COOK ISLANDS       8.9S 157.8W   2307 03/04
    PAPEETE          FRENCH POLYNESIA  17.5S 149.6W   2317 03/04
    RAPA ITI         FRENCH POLYNESIA  27.6S 144.3W   2318 03/04
    ESPERITU SANTO   VANUATU           15.1S 167.3E   2319 03/04
    WANGANUI         NEW ZEALAND       39.9S 175.0E   2329 03/04
    NEW PLYMOUTH     NEW ZEALAND       39.1S 174.1E   2329 03/04
    DUNEDIN          NEW ZEALAND       45.9S 170.5E   2330 03/04
    LYTTELTON        NEW ZEALAND       43.6S 172.7E   2341 03/04
    SANTA CRUZ ISLA  SOLOMON ISLANDS   10.9S 165.9E   2352 03/04
    TIMARU           NEW ZEALAND       44.4S 171.3E   0026 03/05
    RIKITEA          FRENCH POLYNESIA  23.1S 135.0W   0042 03/05
    STEWART ISLAND   NEW ZEALAND       47.3S 167.5E   0053 03/05
    PITCAIRN ISLAND  PITCAIRN          25.1S 130.1W   0115 03/05
    BLUFF            NEW ZEALAND       46.6S 168.3E   0141 03/05
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Re: M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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jamie wrote:Raoul island gauges have gone offline. Not a good sign


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Re: M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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we might head in land again me thinks from Hawkes bay coast line.Just packed up
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Re: M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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NZ tsunami high risk areas:

https://www.civildefence.govt.nz/
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Re: M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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Latest NEMA tsunami threat map...
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Re: M8.1 Kermadec Islands - 05/03/21

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I believe there was a tsunami but no damage occurred. Clips of waves I seen shows nothing too big. Interesting day yesterday
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