There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck near the Kermadec Islands in the Pacific. The National Emergency Ma
There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck near the Kermadec Islands in the Pacific. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and GNS Science assessed that the quake was unlikely to have caused a tsunami that would have posed a threat to New Zealand. The Kermadec Islands are uninhabited except for Raoul Island where New Zealand scientists sometimes stay over to carry out meteorological observations or weed control work. The islands are the site of frequent large earthquakes due to their geological formation.
