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Surges of water sweep into Tokomaru Bay, after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island, on March 5 2021.Image: REUTERS/ CLAUDIA MAAKVA
NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE

Huge quakes hit near New Zealand, tsunami threat passes

A powerful series of undersea quakes struck northeast of New Zealand on Friday, but tsunami waves that forced many people on the country’s North Island to flee to high ground passed without causing substantial damage. Officials had warned…

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