Tsunami Warning cancelled

Emergency response/Current situation.

• The tsunami warning is now cancelled and downgraded to a National Advisory – Potential Threat to NZ.
• National advice was for up to a 1.0m wave at East Cape at around 10.22 am.
• Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Management advises residents to continue to be cautious. Public are asked to keep away from beaches and river mouths.
• There are not yet any confirmations of whether the wave surge is a series of surges. There have been no reports of aftershocks as yet in Samoa.
• Danger to boats and coastal structures can continue for several hours due to rapid currents. As local conditions can cause a wide variation in tsunami wave action the all clear determination must be made by local authorities.

Civil Defence and Emergency Services are continuing to monitor the situation.

Please listen to your radio news for further information.