{"id":528911,"date":"2026-07-16T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/528911\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:48:08","slug":"quake-magnitude-downgraded-to-5-9-tsunami-evacuations-called-off-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/528911\/","title":{"rendered":"Quake magnitude downgraded to 5.9, tsunami evacuations called off &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi1wFBVV95cUxPR1d4RDdYaWE0aXJRZkNtOVVOUGhaLUlVR2EwR0xTbG1VN1R3bnhnYnF6XzV4aVlNdWtsbDVPV3pJd3FITXNZNXpycGZyQ2liUGp5VEtoMzdPRHQySF9TM0dFTVhYUDBtN2tJUjVXOXRPNjcyLTJBNGhyN2xzaFdfVWU2MUxHMWROc0QyOHBaZVRJelg2Ymsta2Zma19pMlVLY3JGaWdnZ0RmcnhwYzBhd3NEWkoySGl1Y0hYelZPd3pHTUpZUmR0d1czbC1vZVhTa1ZTaGdMMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quake magnitude downgraded to 5.9, tsunami evacuations called off<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNbFFJZmdtT2RsNFRVS083cDlaS2RqdlY5Vll5dlJySVhwcl90M3VHX3FEWkltUEVObWRyU0ZsLVZCQWg3Zl9ZemNBa2pkLU8zS0tvQlgtT08xUkRDbjRHeVhscnZDdzhXY1JmbFdjTk5KclVpUlQ3R0ttMWV5QXB2ZGh3QmhUdVE5QjluQXBzZ25BZ2JQSDRmNlFBVHlHLU1kbFl4YlhVMV9SRkQ3VXVqWHhlQXhlQ3hW?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live: &#8216;Strong&#8217; shaking as magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Southland<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNd2J6aVA4a19PQVhER3lDV1RZaDBLVnhFVWxIaXJvQmdxVG9TU2t1Q1lTWUpYV0ZLTk9YdVg2ZVVta1lnWENVUndVS1ZTb3RMS2lSd2lzMVF0eV9NTVVJa0liXy0zN2JFa1BIeEVVQVlsRzdGSXd1MWNOLXd4SWRCVWlnN0N4NFBZWHRPazJfenBuRlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quake of magnitude 6.3 occurs near Milford Sound<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Press<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQbEg2ZWU3T2tPNi1uZ1lNdHM4aVpVc3dsa29MbUdkcVN4SUdnSmVOQnpYZlItSzBiZEt2YUJsNmFlcXJFckJ0SzJCV2JQSWN6Sk1tVUtjSTVxdEdMcGhsY1dlSWRZSVlpOHQwWm9lODFLb1pkbkZmT2JJUnZ6SmtpY0xEb0hEb1B5ZkZKSkh2WTJEWEt6UHo3TQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Breaking: Tsunami warning issued for NZ&#8217;s South Island after magnitude-6.3 quake<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxONzhLZzhGRk1SclBlVkRDYzZ0aGwySC1ENmx4X3VvMklWaWdpcHg1bkZBY04xVk9nYWlIUllPTDYzcGQzVEVyRU4tZ3FvMERoekEybWJQc2dCcWtfM2dDMmhiOHIzSnJhYlpudDFQQVJ6TlUyMWhMWThrV09mQjJmbHRERlFkQlBXem1ZcV9nSGJuelpIazBUZVdfREFBT2tEVjBjNGZlaHhzNmkwUkZpMm1B?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earthquake causes strong shaking across the Upper Clutha<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Wanaka App<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quake magnitude downgraded to 5.9, tsunami evacuations called off&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldLive: &#8216;Strong&#8217; shaking as magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Southland&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZQuake&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5003,39174,164151,6752,5346,2514,20699,3180,111,43,139,69,71299,1240,8690,20702],"class_list":["post-528911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-activity","tag-39174","tag-anau","tag-earthquake","tag-expected","tag-island","tag-magnitude","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shakes","tag-south","tag-te","tag-tsunami"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528911","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=528911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}