太平洋海嘯預警， 澳大利亞東北那個所羅門群島8級地震引發海嘯。

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Tsunami warning for South Pacific after 8-magnitude quake







A tsunami wave of about one metre has hit the Solomon Islands following a powerful earthquake there, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says.

New Zealand is included in a tsunami watch after a magnitude-eight about 300km off
the Solomon Islands.

ABC news have reported Emergency services on Santa Cruz island have confirmed the tsunami has destroyed three villages on the island. Four villages have been destroyed in the Lata area, Andrew Catford of World Vision told TVNZ.

APNZ contacts in Fiji said Suva was blocked with traffic jams as people tried to move to higher ground.

The Fiji Ministry of Information issued a public warning this afternoon telling all residents in low lying areas to evacuate to high ground for safety.

"Schools in coastal areas are advised to release students and to ensure their safety. School authorities around the country must determine whether students are safe to remain in school - this is especially important for students that live in coastal areas,'' said the warning.

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Fiji has issued a tsunami warning for the whole of the country.

People in New Zealand are being urged to stay off beaches, and stay out of the sea, rivers and estuaries and to avoiding going sightseeing.

The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM) has updated it potential threat advisory to cover beaches as well as marine areas in many coastal parts of New Zealand.

The advisory at 5.20pm covers the North Cape, Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Taranaki, Manawatu/Wanganui, Gisborne, Kapiti, Marlborough, Nelson/Tasman, West Coast, Milford, Dunedin and the Chatham Islands.

People are warned to stay out of the water, off beaches and to avoid sightseeing.

The MCDEM said unusually strong currents and unpredictable water flows could be expected near the shore - which could be a threat to beach, harbour, estuary and small boat activities.

It said coastal inundation of land areas near the shore was not expected, but that assessment may change.

Historical data suggested wave activity was likely to be greatest on the central west coast, between Hokitika and New Plymouth, as well as the Far North.

The threat elsewhere was towards the lower end, with wave amplitudes of between 0.2m to 1m.

Modelling and historical data suggested the largest waves could arrive two to eight hours after the first potential waves, expected from about 6.05pm.

Click here for a map of the affected areas.

Historical experience and modelling experience suggest the largest waves will reach New Zealand shores between two and eight hours after the first arrivals, a statement from Civil Defence Emergency Management says.

"The first arrivals are likely to be small.''

The potential threat advisory will remain in effect until it is either upgraded to a tsunami warning or a cancellation message is issued, it said.

The epicentre of the powerful quake was 347km east of Kira Kira in the Solomon Islands today at a depth of only 5.8km.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said the earthquake had "the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines near the epicentre within minutes''.

A tsunami warning was in effect for the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, New Caledonia, Kosrae, Fiji, Kiribati, Wallis and Futuna.

Editor of the Solomon Star, Ofani Eremae, said reporters had spoken to people on the ground in remote areas and they confirmed big waves have already hit their shores.

The quake was not felt in Honiara because they were so far away from the epicentre, he said.

Sirens also sounded in Fiji's capital, Suva, an indication that people were being urged to stay inside or go to higher ground.

Residents in Suva said they had been issued with an estimated time of arrival of a tsunami of 4.05pm (5.05pm NZT) this afternoon.

A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokeswoman said the ministry was aware of the tsunami watch alert in place for much of the Pacific.

"Our Posts are monitoring the situation and the High Commission in the Solomon Islands has issued an advisory to New Zealanders registered with us as being there on [the] safetravel website.''

MCDEM is advising people to listen to the radio and television for further assessment and updates, and follow instructions of their local Civil Defence authorities.

Locals in the Solomons capital Honiara, 580 kilometres from the epicentre, said the quake was not felt there, but some villages were destroyed, according to a hospital director.

"The information we are getting is that some villages west and south of Lata along the coast have been destroyed, although we cannot confirm this yet,'' the director at Lata Hospital on the main Santa Cruz island of Ndende, told AFP.

A staff member at the Solomons National Disaster Management Office said officials were concerned about the eastern province of Temotu.

"That's the province, which if it is going to have an effect, then they will be the first people to be impacted,'' the official, who did not wish to be named, told AFP.

"They felt the quake.''

- additional reporting AFP

- APNZ

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fallrainsboy

好像又取消了！！！！

sportfighter

刚听完新闻的天气预报,似乎那边还很平静.

dogfish

有点长... 啥意思..到底有还是没啊