Small tsunami waves were seen, but little damage was apparent hours later. The magnitude 8.1 quake in the Kermadec Islands region about 1,000 kilometers from New Zealand’s two main islands was ...

People wait on higher ground on Great Barrier Island amid the tsunami alert Three earthquakes, including one of the strongest ever to hit the region, struck off the coast of New Zealand on Friday ...

Council-developed maps updated in 2023 identified kilometres of coastal evacuation zones in Tauranga based on a “maximum credible tsunami wave ... had been built in New Zealand before.

The quake sparked a tsunami threat, which passed after initial waves of about 25cm in size reached the Port Vila coast. The seismic event was “unnoticeable” in New Zealand. In a statement at 3 ...