The Karmadek Islands are 500–620 miles east of New Zealand’s North Island. The North Island’s east coast from the island’s Bay to Wangerei, from Motherland to Tolaga Bay, to Wakata, and from Ot Potki and the Great Barrier Island are included in the Pacific Tsunami Warning.
“Some of these areas may not have experienced earthquakes, but evacuations should be immediate as a tsunami is possible,” the agency said in a statement.
“People in all other areas who have experienced a long or strong earthquake that makes it difficult to stand still, or lasts for more than a minute, should move from all the tsunami evacuation areas, or as far as possible to the nearest high surface immediately. Should. “
The statement added that the evacuation notice overrides the Covid-19 advice.
The quake also caused warnings in Hawaii and American Samoa, which were later canceled.
It was the largest strike anywhere in the world since August 2018, when a magnitude 8.2 earthquake shook the South Pacific near Fiji.
Only one or fewer earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 or greater occur each year.
This is a developing story. More to come.
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