Huge quakes hit off NZ, tsunami fear over

By Praveen Menon
Updated March 5 2021 - 3:59pm, first published 3:56pm
Residents of Northland, East Cape and Great Barrier Island were told to move to higher ground.
Residents of Northland, East Cape and Great Barrier Island were told to move to higher ground.

A powerful series of undersea earthquakes have struck northeast of New Zealand, but tsunami waves that forced many people on the country's North Island to flee to high ground passed without causing substantial damage.

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