tsunami has get after an earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island the US geological survey said the magnitude 7.
8 quake hit just after midnight some 95 km from Christchurch that tsunami arrived in the northeastern coast about two hours official said the first waves may not be the largest with tsunami activity possible for several hours residents were warned to head inland for higher ground along the coast residence in the Chatham Islands an archipelago 423 miles 6 80 km southeast of the mainland were also being warned away would hit amended by the civil defense thousands of people have already evacuated their homes aftershocks continue to hit the area radio new zealand reported others have taken to social media to offer people a safe bed for the night New Zealand lies on the notorious ring of fire the line of frequent quakes in volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific Ring Christchurch is still recovering from the 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people and destroyed the city centre new zealand lies on the notorious ring of fire the line of frequent quakes in volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the entire Pacific Rim Christchurch is still recovering from the 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people and destroyed the city centre old newspaper said the tremor was felt all the way to Wellington where siren sounded and people fled buildings into the streets some of them crying early reports suggest it some houses in chi via town near the epicenter have been damaged but Chris Hill a fire officer in GV it said officials had gone door-to-door evacuating residence and found everyone seems ok he told radiance there's a lot of debris and houses but at this stage it doesn't look like anything too bad has happened a resident of this church said the tremor lasted a long time we were asleep and walk into the house shaking it kept going and going and felt like it was going to build up she told AFP news agency on Twitter Haley can describe it as the most terrifying earthquake i think i felt in my 23 years in New Zealand a magnitude 7.
1 quake struck 169 km 105 miles northeast of turn on the North Island in September sparking a tsunami warning it caused some damage to property but no injuries.
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