Kermadec Trench has produced two subduction thrust events of Mw ~8 in historical times (see discussion in Section 3.3), its capacity for producing earthquakes with a high tsunami hazard is not well-known. The organisation issued a tsunami warning at 11.37am Sunday, following the quake just after 11am. This means it is subducting at about 55cm each year," Dr Ristau says.

Da die Kermadec-Inseln jedoch unbewohnt sind, droht diesbezüglich keine Gefahr. View our online Press Pack. Maharashtra : Major fire at chemical factory on Pune-Solapur road, Zee Top 10: Watch top 10 news stories of the day.

You can check out Civil Defence's website for tsunami safety tips.

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Kermadec Islands, New Zealand LAT -30.1045, LON -177.1673: Date-Time: Aug 24, 2020 23:55:30 UTC Aug 25, 2020 11:55:30 UTC +12:00 at epicenter: Source: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Event ID(s) us7000becn : Population: 0 people (est.

According to Civil Defence, the quake was 10km deep. The Kermadec Islands are about 800-1000km northeast of the North Island.

Comment: Was Brownlee's blast an overreaction or understandable? An eruption may occur at any level, and levels may not move in sequence as activity can change rapidly. © 1998-2020 Zee Media Corporation Ltd (An Essel Group Company), All rights reserved. A GNS senior scientist talks about tsunami warnings after Civil Defence briefly issued a tsunami threat following a magnitude 7 earthquake in the Kermadec Islands.

"No other contractors or visitors were on the island when the quake struck.".

It was originally reported as magnitude 7.4, but later downgraded to 7.

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A magnitude 7 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands, northeast of New Zealand. GNS Science warns we would only have 45 minutes to prepare and evacuate for an oncoming Kermadec tsunami. READ MORE: * No tsunami threat to NZ after magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Kermadecs * Brownlee still dark on GNS Science over comments about tsunami monitoring * Comment: Was Brownlee's blast an overreaction or understandable? Eruption hazards depend on the volcano and eruption style, and may include explosions, ballistics (flying rocks), pyroclastic density currents (fast moving hot ash clouds), lava flows, lava domes, landslides, ash, volcanic gases, lightning, lahars (mudflows), tsunami, and/or earthquakes.

GNS Science's 24-hour a day national geohazards monitoring centre opened last December. We want to say 'yes' or 'no'.

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On its official page, the National Emergency Management Agency tweeted, "There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand following the M7.4 SOUTH OF THE KERMADEC ISLANDS earthquake. This time it said there was "no tsunami threat to New Zealand" after the revised magnitude 7.0 Kermadec … He said the reason for the quick retraction of the tsunami warning was information gathered from tidal gauges at Raoul Island, the largest of the Kermadec Islands. "We don't want to advise them and then redact that.

The epicentre was around 93 miles (150km) from L'Esperance rock halfway between New Zealand and Tonga. Through GNS Science, the ministry pointed Stuff to a document developed with GNS Science about the tsunami warning process and the ministry's messaging guidelines. New NHS Covid app farce as some users receive message telling them to self-isolate only for it to turn out... Travel agent breaks down as she reveals Covid crisis is killing company she's run for 20 years - saying... Boris Johnson FINALLY bows to demands to give MPs vote before new lockdown curbs after furious Speaker... Over the threshold! Signup now (FREE) M5.2 - south of the Kermadec Islands. "The most vulnerable parts would be the parts along the northern coast nearest to the epicentre, ie Northland/Auckland/Bay of Plenty/East Cape. ', A tsunami warning may be in place for parts of the Pacific after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Kermadec Islands region. Brooklyn Beckham is SLAMMED by a domestic violence charity after... Anglo-Saxon teenage girl had her nose and lips cut off and may have been scalped in a gruesome act of... MI5 'were alerted to Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi 18 TIMES before suicide attack killed 22... Coffee before breakfast could give you diabetes: Drinking caffeine first thing in the morning can raise... Women who have irregular periods have much higher risk of an early death, new study suggests. In 2011, two quakes, measuring 7.6 and 7.4, struck three months apart. The quake hit the islands…

The NZ Civil Defence redacted their initial warning shortly after with a statement on Twitter reading: 'Based on current information, the initial assessment is that the earthquake is unlikely to have caused a tsunami that will pose a threat to NZ. At 11.37am, the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) tweeted it had "issued a beach and marine tsunami warning following the M7.4 Kermadec Islands region earthquake". The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, the Kermadec Islands, New Caledonia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu were some of the areas at risk. DOC said all seven of its staff based on the island had been accounted for and were safe. Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also experienced an earthquake measuring 5.7 on Tuesday, but no loss of life or property damage was reported. "Distant earthquakes may not be widely felt here in New Zealand, so it's important that people know the correct actions to take and how to stay informed - via radio, Emergency Mobile Alerts, social media, and the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management website," Dr Ristau says. "US Geological Survey figures show that over the past 10 years, there were 70 quakes of M6 and above in the Kermadec-Tonga Trench. New Zealand was shocked awake on Sunday morning after Civil Defence issued a beach and marine tsunami warning following a M7.4 earthquake in the Kermadec Islands region. It appeared the ministry had put out its warning message based on information from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre while that phone meeting was still taking place, he said.

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The depth of the quake was reportedly recorded at 112 km with its epicentre in neighbouring Tajikistan. A subduction zone is where two tectonic plates collide, pushing one under the other and causing enormous forces to build up until they're released in an earthquake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii earlier issued a statement warning a tsunami threat exists for parts of the Pacific located closer to where the earthquake took place.

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News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services. Based on current information, the initial assessment is that the earthquake is unlikely to have caused a tsunami that will pose a threat to New Zealand. After eight anxious minutes, many turned to social media to ask for urgent clarification about which beaches, whether the warning included river mouths and the possible timing, the ministry tweeted again. The quake reportedly hit at a depth of about 33 kilometres, south of the Kermadec Islands.