China News Service, Beijing, March 5 (Reporter Ruan Yulin) A magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred early in the morning of the 5th Beijing time in the Kemadek Islands area of New Zealand. According to the latest monitoring and analysis results of the Tsunami Warning Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources of China, the earthquake has triggered a tsunami. But it will not cause catastrophic impact on the coast of China.
At 3:28 on March 5, 2021 (Beijing time), a magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred in New Zealand's Kermadek Islands (29.56 degrees south latitude, 177.11 degrees west longitude) with a focal depth of 20.0 kilometers.
According to the latest monitoring and analysis results of the Tsunami Warning Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources of China, the earthquake has already triggered a tsunami, but it will not have a disastrous impact on the coast of China.
The tsunami warning center said that the tide gauge station near the epicenter was damaged, and the largest tsunami wave amplitude of 70 cm was detected on Norfolk Island in Australia.
According to the tsunami warning center of the Ministry of Natural Resources of China, many earthquakes have occurred in New Zealand waters since the evening of the 4th Beijing time. At 21:27 on the 4th (Beijing time), a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurred in the offshore waters of the east coast of New Zealand's North Island; 1st on the 5th. At 41:41 (Beijing time), a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred in the waters of the Kemadek Islands in New Zealand; at 3:28 on the 5th, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake occurred in the waters of the Kemadek Islands in New Zealand.
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