{"id":466127,"date":"2026-06-08T01:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T01:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/466127\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T01:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T01:06:09","slug":"no-tsunami-threat-to-nz-after-massive-7-8-philippines-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/466127\/","title":{"rendered":"No tsunami threat to NZ after massive 7.8 Philippines earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/597553\/magnitude-7-point-8-quake-strikes-off-southern-philippines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The National Emergency Management Agency had been assessing the danger after the quake about noon (NZT).<\/p>\n<p>The quake struck at a depth of 63km at Mindanao, NEMA said.<\/p>\n<p>The USGS is reporting the quake at a magnitude 7.8. It had earlier been reported as 8.2.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;NEMA has assessed the information with the assistance of science advisors,&#8221; the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Based on current information, the initial assessment is that the earthquake is unlikely to have caused a tsunami that will affect New Zealand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>RNZ is New Zealand&#8217;s statutory civil defence lifeline radio broadcaster, providing vital information and updates as they come to hand. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/listen\/amfm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">All frequencies can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4JNCVI9_Screenshot_2026_06_08_121014_png.jpeg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"582\" alt=\"A major quake struck the Philipppines on Monday 8 June 2026 (NZT)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPhoto: USGS \/ Screenshot\n<\/p>\n<p>More to come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is no tsunami threat to New Zealand after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Philippines. The National&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-466127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}