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<\/p>\nThe tsunami warning issued after a strong earthquake near Te Anau has been downgraded to an advisory, after authorities revised the quake’s magnitude from 6.3 to 5.9.<\/p>\n
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says coastal inundation is not expected, but dangerous currents and unpredictable surges remain possible near the shore.<\/p>\n
The advisory applies to the West Coast of the South Island from Milford Sound to Puysegur Point.<\/p>\n
The warning follows an earthquake centred 40km north of Te Anau, which struck at 9.14pm on Thursday at a depth of 53km.<\/p>\n
Nearly 20,000 people have reported feeling the quake, with the tremor felt across the South Island, including Otago, Southland and Canterbury.<\/p>\n
Did you feel the earthquake? Contact us at news@tvnz.co.nz<\/p>\n
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An Emergency Mobile Alert was sent to the below areas. (Source: NEMA)<\/p>\n
Emergency Management Southland said there was no tsunami threat.<\/p>\n
“If you felt it and thought ‘wow, that’s a long, strong earthquake, I’ll get gone’ – then you’ve done the right thing! There may be strong and unusual currents over the next few days particularly around Milford and coastal areas.”<\/p>\n
Queenstown Lakes District Council said the Edith Cavell Bridge would be closed for inspection by engineers at first light as a precaution following the earthquake, with an update likely by 8.30am on Friday.<\/p>\n
The council also warned motorists travelling over the Crown Range to take care and watch for possible rocks or debris on the road.<\/p>\n
Several smaller earthquakes have been recorded in the region following the magnitude 6.3 event.<\/p>\n
‘Whole house shook’<\/p>\n
In W\u0101naka, one Facebook user said the quake felt “very strong”, with another in Alexandra reported hearing a “very loud rumble” followed by “decent shaking”.<\/p>\n
A Cromwell resident said their house was “moving for quite a while” and reported feeling aftershocks.<\/p>\n
Further south in Riversdale, Southland, one resident said the shaking lasted “around 20 to 30 seconds”.<\/p>\n
In Portobello, Dunedin, one user described the quake as “very intense”, while another in the city’s suburb of St Kilda said their “sofa was swinging back and forth sideways”.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in Dunedin, a resident in Brockville said their “whole house shook”, while another in Tainui described the quake as “big”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The tsunami warning issued after a strong earthquake near Te Anau has been downgraded to an advisory, after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[243448,43179,43,44,127292,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-803813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-dunedin-otago","tag-earthquakes","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-southland","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}