{"id":267918,"date":"2016-11-13T14:57:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T14:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=267918"},"modified":"2016-11-13T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T14:57:30","slug":"tsunami-hits-new-zealand-after-quake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/tsunami-hits-new-zealand-after-quake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsunami hits New Zealand after quake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tsunami has hit after an earthquake struck New Zealand&#8217;s South Island.<\/p>\n<p>The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.8 quake hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT on Sunday), some 95km (59 miles) from Christchurch.<\/p>\n<p>The tsunami arrived in the north-eastern coast about two hours later. Officials said the first waves may not be the largest, with tsunami activity possible for several hours.<\/p>\n<p>Residents were warned to head inland or for higher ground along the coast.<\/p>\n<p>A gauge at Kaikoura, 181 km (112 miles) north of Christchurch, measured a wave of 2.5m (8ft 2ins), according to Weatherwatch.co.nz.<\/p>\n<p>Smaller waves are said to be arriving in Wellington and other areas, the website said.<\/p>\n<p>But the ministry of civil defence has said the highest waves, which could be as tall as 5m are expected between Malborough, the north-eastern tip of the South Island, and Banks Peninsula, just south of Christchurch.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Terrifying<\/h2>\n<p>Residents in the Chatham Islands, an archipelago 423 miles (680km) south-east of the mainland, were also being warned a wave would hit imminently by the civil defence.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people have already evacuated their homes as aftershocks continue to hit the area, Radio New Zealand reported.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/10CC2\/production\/_92420886_newzealand_christchurch.png\" alt=\"A map showing the epicentre of the earthquake in New Zealand\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/264A\/production\/_92420890_7608eab3-619b-42c5-a08b-102a66e21cf0.jpg\" alt=\"Bottles and boxes of cereals like broken on the floor of supermarket Fresh Choice Nelson City\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/5CA0\/production\/_92421732_ec8ea231-21e1-4774-b308-e5e20c9ca3f9.jpg\" alt=\"A picture shared on Twitter showing damage to a kitchen in Wellington\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Others have taken to social media to offer people a safe bed for the night.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand lies on the notorious Ring of Fire, the line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific rim.<\/p>\n<p>Christchurch is still recovering from the 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people and destroyed the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>The Herald newspaper said the tremor was felt all the way to Wellington, where sirens sounded and people fled buildings into the streets, some of them crying.<\/p>\n<p>Early reports suggested some houses in Cheviot town, near the epicentre, have been damaged.<\/p>\n<p>But Chris Hill, a fire officer in Cheviot, said officials had gone door to door evacuating residents and found &#8220;everyone seems okay&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He told RadioNZ: &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of debris in houses, but at this stage it doesn&#8217;t look like anything too bad has happened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/11FF0\/production\/_92421737_a38bdf70-cd70-4aab-8d01-c80feed41527.jpg\" alt=\"A map showing the strength of waves expected to hit New Zealand's coastline\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand&#8217;s GeoNet suggests the earthquake may have been only a magnitude-5.5 tremor.<\/p>\n<p>A resident of Christchurch said the tremor lasted a &#8220;long&#8221; time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were asleep and woken to the house shaking, it kept going and going and felt like it was going to build up,&#8221; she told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/7082\/production\/_92420882_d076cd5d-7d49-4ffe-90db-23e5e112b724.jpg\" alt=\"A tweet with a tsunami warning from New Zealand's Civil Defence\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, Hayley Colgan described it as &#8220;the the most terrifying earthquake I think I&#8217;ve felt in my 23 years in New Zealand&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A magnitude-7.1 quake struck 169km (105 miles) north-east of Gisborne on the North Island in September, sparking a tsunami warning. It caused some damage to property, but no injuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tsunami has hit after an earthquake struck New Zealand&#8217;s South Island. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.8 quake hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT on Sunday), some 95km (59 miles) from Christchurch. The tsunami arrived in the north-eastern coast about two hours later. Officials said the first waves may not be the largest, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":267922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[10948,3,13586,13587],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tsunami hits New Zealand after quake - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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