Where on a map of New Zealand did the recent earthquake hit?
The government institute said it was centred in the remote and unpopulated Fiordland region, about 150 km (95 miles) north west of the the country’s most southern city, Invercargill. It was measured at around five kilometres below ground level. Local civil defence officials issued a warning about a “potential tsunami” for the region because of conflicting reports about the quake’s size. The Japanese meteorological agency put the preliminary magnitude at 7.8. “We’ve had big differences in the measurements of the quake , ranging from 6.6 by GNS Science, to 8.2 by a tsunami warning centre in Hawaii – we’re issuing a precautionary message,” the national civil defence centre said in a statement. Local media said the quake was felt widely throughout the lower South Island, sending goods falling from shop shelves, but said no injuries were reported. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/
New Zealand and Australia have cancelled tsunami warnings issued after an earthquake struck the south of the smaller country.Australia’s weather bureau said a small tsunami had been recorded in New Zealand and another was detected in the Tasman Sea heading towards Australia’s south east coast. “Our deep ocean buoy in the southern Tasman Sea indicates a wave travelling across the Tasman,” Chris Ryan, from Australia’s Tsunami Warning Centre, said. “Because of the depth of the water we cannot tell the wave height.” The tsunami was not expected to be a destructive wave, but was a “marine threat” and could cause big seas, strong currents and coastal flooding, said Mr Ryan. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology issued a statement advising people in low lying coastal areas to move to higher ground and for people to get out of the water. New Zealand and Australia eventually cancelled their tsunami warnings, the latter downgrading the threat to a “small boat alert”. The tsunami warnings were sparke
New Zealand and Australia have cancelled tsunami warnings issued after an earthquake struck the south of the smaller country.Australia’s weather bureau said a small tsunami had been recorded in New Zealand and another was detected in the Tasman Sea heading towards Australia’s south east coast. “Our deep ocean buoy in the southern Tasman Sea indicates a wave travelling across the Tasman,” Chris Ryan, from Australia’s Tsunami Warning Centre, said. “Because of the depth of the water we cannot tell the wave height.” The tsunami was not expected to be a destructive wave, but was a “marine threat” and could cause big seas, strong currents and coastal flooding, said Mr Ryan. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology issued a statement advising people in low lying coastal areas to move to higher ground and for people to get out of the water. New Zealand and Australia eventually cancelled their tsunami warnings, the latter downgrading the threat to a “small boat alert”. The tsunami warnings were sparke
