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Urgent: Tsunami on way following 7.5-magnitude quake in New Zealand

Xinhua, November 13, 2016 Adjust font size:

New Zealand civil defense authority issued here on Monday a solid tsunami-land threat from the East Cape to Southland including Wellington and the Chatham Islands.

The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management is warning New Zealand coastal communities that a destructive tsunami is possible following a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in South Island which occurred at 0002 hours on November 14.

"A tsunami has been generated," it said in a statement. Enditem