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A Tsunami Warning New Zealand, Fiji After a Massive Undersea Earthquake

A Tsunami Warning New Zealand, Fiji After a Massive Undersea Earthquake

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A Tsunami Warning New Zealand, Fiji After a Massive Undersea Earthquake

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  1. A tsunami warning New Zealand, Fiji after a massive undersea earthquake

  2. A torrent cautioning was given after a huge undersea seismic tremor estimating 7.7 on the Richter scale struck a locale among Australia and Fiji and north of New Zealand, as indicated by specialists. "Perilous tsunami are conjecture for certain coasts. Tidal wave waves arriving at 0.3 to 1 meters over the tide level are feasible for certain shores of Fiji, New Zealand and Vanuatu," the US-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in an explanation following the shudder on Wednesday night. The extent of the shake was recently estimated at 7.9 and 7.5 by the US Geological Survey (USGS), however was subsequently changed to 7.7. The focal point, with a profundity of 10 km, was at first resolved to be at 23.1 degrees

  3. south scope and 171.5 degrees east longitude. The underlying quake was trailed by in any event three different tremors in the South Pacific area with sizes going from 5.7 to 6.1 in a range of longer than 60 minutes, reports Sky News. In an authority warning gave on Wednesday night, the New Zealand Civil Defense National Emergency Management Agency said: "We have given a public warning: Tsunami movement following the size 7.7 seismic tremor close to southeast of Loyalty Island. We expect New Zealand waterfront zones to encounter solid and abnormal flows and unusual floods at the shore."

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