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No tsunami risk to NZ from Loyalty Is Quake
No tsunami risk to New Zealand from Loyalty Islands
earthquake
There is no tsunami risk to New Zealand from an earthquake that occurred near the Loyalty Islands today at 1635.
The Director of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, John Hamilton, said that the Ministry has received information about the earthquake from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre (PTWC) in Hawaii and GNS Science in New Zealand.
An assessment of the information by New Zealand tsunami experts confirms there is no tsunami risk to New Zealand.
Earthquake details:
Location: SE of
Loyalty IS
Time and date: 0335Z 19/01/09
NZ Origin
time: 1635hrs 19/01/09
Co-ordinates: 22.6 SOUTH 170.8
EAST
Depth: SHALLOWER THAN 100KM
Magnitude*: 6.6
*
The above magnitude is provisional and may be adjusted as
more seismic data becomes available.
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