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A report from the US Geological Survey (USGS) says that at 2 pm 27 min. The epicenter of the local earthquake (Thursday 3:27 pm Lithuania) was 180 km northeast of Gisborne, and the home was at a depth of 10 km.
The underground shocks were felt throughout the North Island and were reported by more than 50,000 people through the local Geonet seismic monitoring system. population.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had previously announced that the waves could reach the shores of the North Island at a height of 0.3 to 1 meter, but later reported that the danger had passed.
The New Zealand Emergency Management Agency recommended that people on the north coast of Gisborne urgently move to higher places.
“Based on current scientific advice and information from coastal tsunami gauges, land areas are no longer at risk,” the agency said in a statement. “The evacuated people can now return to their homes.”
True, it was later reported again that the risk of a tsunami still persists.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was one of those who received a warning in the morning.
“I hope all is well, especially on the East Coast, which has had to feel the full force of the earthquake,” he wrote on Instagram.
New Zealand, which falls into the so-called “ring of fire” in the Pacific, is often hit by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
In 2011, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch killed 185 people and severely devastated its center.
