Overall Orange Earthquake in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 04 Mar 2021 19:28 UTC

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M 8.1 Earthquake and Tsunami (2.2 m) in Kermadec Islands, New Zealand on 04 Mar 2021 19:28 UTC

2021-03-04 19:38 message from NTWC

Key information extracted from original GTS message :

Evaluation

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 occurred in the kermadec ISLANDS region at 1928 UTC on thursday MARCH 4 2021
Based on the preliminary earthquake parameters widespread hazardous TSUNAMI waves are possible

Threat Forecast

Hazardous TSUNAMI waves from this earthquake are possible within the next three hours along some coasts of kermadec islands... tonga... NEW zealand... niue... AMERICAN samoa... samoa... WALLIS and futuna... COOK islands... tokelau... VANUATU and FIJI

Measurements Levels

SOURCE	GAUGE LOCATION	LAT	LON	TIME (UTC)	HEIGHT (m)	PERIOD (min)

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