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No tsunami threat to PH after strong quake strikes off New Zealand, says Phivolcs

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<p>MANILA - There is no tsunami threat to the Philippines, the Phivolcs said, after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck east of New Zealand&#x27;s north island in the early hours of Friday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/04/21/tsunami-warning-issued-after-quake-strikes-off-new-zealand-ptwc">Tsunami warning issued after quake strikes off New Zealand - PTWC</a></li></ul><p>According to the Phivolcs, tsunami waves are only possible for coasts located within 300 km of the earthquake epicenter.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TsunamiPH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TsunamiPH</a><br/>NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO THE PHILIPPINES<br/><br/>Tsunami Information No.1<br/>Date and Time:05 Mar 2021 - 01:41 AM<br/>Magnitude =7.5<br/>Depth =010 kilometers<br/>Location = 29.8°S,177.2°W - Kermadec Islands New Zealand<a href="https://t.co/fHGZMyzEp4">https://t.co/fHGZMyzEp4</a> <a href="https://t.co/niuP5219Dd">pic.twitter.com/niuP5219Dd</a></p>— PHIVOLCS-DOST (@phivolcs_dost) <a href="https://twitter.com/phivolcs_dost/status/1367542088158507011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2021</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Kermadec Islands, where the quake occurred, is at least 7,000 km from the Philippines.</p><p>The US Geological Survey earlier pegged the quake at 7.3, then revised it to 6.9, saying that the quake occurred at a depth of 10 km.</p><p>Meanwhile, a tsunami warning was issued on Friday for New Zealand&#x27;s remote Kermadec after a 7.4-magnitude quake struck in the Pacific Ocean, posing no threat to mainland New Zealand.</p><p>The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert for the Kermadec islands, which are uninhabited except for a science and conservation station on Raoul island.</p><p>&quot;Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to 1 meters above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Kermadec islands,&quot; the warning center said.</p><p>It also said smaller waves might be seen in American Samoa, the Cook islands, Fiji and New Zealand.</p><p>The US Geological Survey said the 7.4-magnitude quake was at a depth of 55 kilometres, and a separate 5.5-magnitude quake was at 10 kilometres. It predicted no human or economic damage.</p><p>New Zealand&#x27;s National Emergency Management Agency said it expected some coasts &quot;to experience strong and unusual currents and unpredictable surges at the shore&quot; but added no evacuations were required. <strong>-- With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FbiVh8V2kLs?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Kermadec Islands, where the quake occurred, is at least 7,000 km from the Philippines.</p>

Kermadec Islands, where the quake occurred, is at least 7,000 km from the Philippines.