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    The National Emergency Management Agency's assessing whether a 6.7 magnitude earthquake off the bottom of the South Island has created a tsunami risk

    The National Emergency Management Agency's assessing whether a 6.7 magnitude earthquake off the bottom of the South Island has created a tsunami risk



    Geonet reports almost five thousand people felt the shake at 2.43pm - centred west of Stewart Island, 33 kilometres deep.

    It's been downgraded from a magnitude of 6.9.

    © 2026 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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     20 Jan: A State of Emergency remains on the cards for other parts of Northland - after being declared for a week in Whangarei district - already pelted with heavy rain
     20 Jan: NZTA says the damage at Waioweka Gorge on State Highway 2 - from the weekend's flooding, is extensive
     20 Jan: Concerns over how the already soaked Northland will cope with more localised downpours
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     19 Jan: Small Northland communities got the worst of the weekend's flooding, but more is to come
     19 Jan: Biosecurity officials hunting Queensland fruit flies in Auckland - have found nothing after another weekend of precautions
     19 Jan: Some people in Northland remain cut-off due to flooding - including a group at a DOC campsite in Puriri Bay, south-east of the Bay of Islands
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