Strong earthquake jolts New Zealand

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A robust earthquake jolted New Zealand on Thursday. The quake measured 7.3 on the Richter Scale and struck east of New Zealand’s north Island. NEMA and GNS Science are assessing the earthquake parameters to find out if there’s a tsunami danger to New Zealand.

“We are assessing whether the M7.3 EAST OF THE NORTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND earthquake at 2021-03-05 2:27 AM has created a tsunami that could affect New Zealand. We will provide an update as soon as the initial assessment has been completed,” National Emergency Management Agency mentioned in a tweet. 

“Anyone near the coast who felt a LONG or STRONG quake should MOVE IMMEDIATELY to the nearest high ground, or as far inland as you can,” it additional mentioned. 

On February 10, a strong undersea earthquake had struck north of New Zealand. The US Geological Agency mentioned the magnitude 7.7 quake was centred at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) southeast of the Loyalty Islands. No main harm was reported, nonetheless, the US Tsunami Warning Center had issued warnings of potential tsunami waves starting from 0.3 to 1 meters (1 to three.3 ft) for Vanuatu and Fiji.

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