Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning
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Pretty surreal, tsunami sirens going off, streams of people evacuating Whangarei central.
When I got the alert I thought it was a L4 Covid one!
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Read it was a 7.4 (following a 7.1 closer to East Cape), but Sky News saying 8.0?
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@booboo were 3, with the largest being 8
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@taniwharugby said in Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning:
@booboo were 3, with the largest being 8
Just saw that. Wowsers
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I think that means around 10am we'll find out how serious this is?
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@duluth yeah heard 10.20am
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Ooft. That's a mighty quake. Hope it comes to nothing...
As it happened: Tsunami warning lifted for New Zealand after shallow magnitude 8.1 Kermadec Islands quake | Newshub
The tsunami warnings have been lifted, but Kiwis are advised to remain vigilant.
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USGS reports 14 quakes this morning in the Kermadecs. There has been 2 more since the 8.1, including a 6.5 at 9:25am
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Is Raoul Island unmanned because of COVID? Be a very uncomfortable 12 hours for any Met Service / DOC staff otherwise
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It is currently about half tide (incoming) so that will help, havent heard anything yet about water draining out further than usual.
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@dogmeat said in Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning:
Is Raoul Island unmanned because of COVID? Be a very uncomfortable 12 hours for any Met Service / DOC staff otherwise
DOC confirmed they don't have anyone there right now
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Is quite eery, just the unknown.
Surge meant to get here about now, no sign of significant movement of water in the basin.
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@taniwharugby said in Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning:
It is currently about half tide (incoming) so that will help, havent heard anything yet about water draining out further than usual.
King tides at the moment too - won’t help.
I tried to get out of town to go home but the roads were absolute chaos, gridlocked everywhere.
Currently at OBM footy club watching for the water in the Hatea river to be sucked out..... then we know we’ll be in for some action.
Crazy times
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@gunner first surge meant to be here now, I been watching the water in the basin and havent noticed a hig change (although my eyesight aint great)
Although if a king tide, woulda been extra low too usually? High tide about 2pm
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@taniwharugby heard reports that a lot of water had been sucked out of Parua Bay... how accurate that is I couldn’t say.
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Jesus, stay safe guys!!
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@jc yeah things moving much slower than anticipated...nothing going on in Basin at present.
Ladies at work reckoned level rose pretty quickly, but I've not seen a change for 30 mins, deadly still and yacht masts not moving at all, which you'd expect with fast movign water.
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@taniwharugby aren't you going to evacuate?
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@r-l said in Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning:
@taniwharugby aren't you going to evacuate?
Noooooo... Safety is for wimps.
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@r-l nah we are probably >40m above sea level at the top of a Harbour that the water needs to travel west then turn north to come up to us, plus up on 2nd floor of a brand new building.
Expecting some low level water inundation (hoping it doesnt happen)
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@taniwharugby said in Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning:
@r-l nah we are probably >40m above sea level at the top of a Harbour that the water needs to travel west then turn north to come up to us, plus up on 2nd floor of a brand new building.
...said the guy in the disaster movie right before the disaster part happened!
Seriously, stay safe up there buddy. No sightseeing trips to Pataua!
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I felt the 7.1 East Cape one at 2:30 this morning, in Wellington. Just happened to be awake. Heard the rumbling coming for ages before it hit.
My daughter has a black eye this morning. Had a small picture in frame on her bed head, fell off and sconed her in the night. Let that be a lesson to her ...
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@taniwharugby ah man, my anxiety levels are up just reading about it online.
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@jc one of the ladies at work spent nearly an hour trying to convince her dad to leave his house at sea level in Waikaraka!
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@rapido Yep, it woke me up! Weird, long, rolling earthquake. Didn't feel the later ones.
Stay safe everyone! Just heard there's a warning for Marlborough, too?
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Live updates in this article:
Multiple tsunami warnings now lifted
The largest waves caused by the 8.1 magnitude earthquake have now passed and everyone who evacuated can now return, with the beach and marine threat for all areas now lifted.
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@stargazer was one comment on Stuff earlier advising all people under 300m evacuated from Whangarei...we have a mountain overlooking Whangarei, which is 241m...
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@taniwharugby said in Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning:
@jc one of the ladies at work spent nearly an hour trying to convince her dad to leave his house at sea level in Waikaraka!
Sounds like a Grumpy Old Man. Sure he's not a Ferner?
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FFS, is 2021 going to be as bad or worse than 2020?
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@taniwharugby said in Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning:
@stargazer was one comment on Stuff earlier advising all people under 300m evacuated from Whangarei...we have a mountain overlooking Whangarei, which is 241m...
That 40m that you are above sea level really O.K? It would be quite some wave, but...
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Any signs of locusts or four horsemen?
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@r-l yeah I saw that on FB too, strong surge.
JUst got another Civil Defence alert stating surge activity seen on coastal areas
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As it's the East Coast there were probably local surfers out there.
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Just had a guy in Opua (BOI) on the radio, the water is already at high tide mark, but high tide is still an hour away...
Tide still steadily rising here in Whangarei.
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Just had staff from the countdown bring around ice blocks to everyone up here on the hill at Okara Park. Bloody legends!
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@bovidae said in Kermadec Earthquake- Tsunami warning:
As it's the East Coast there were probably local surfers out there.
Everybody keep an eye out for Bodhi and Johnny Utah
