Australia issues tsunami warning after NZ quake

NEW ZEALAND and Australia temporarily issued tsunami warnings yesterday after an earthquake struck the south of New Zealand, causing minor damage but no injuries.

Australia’s weather bureau said a small tsunami had been recorded in New Zealand and another was detected in the Tasman Sea heading toward Australia’s south-east coast.

“Our deep ocean buoy in the southern Tasman Sea indicates a wave travelling across the Tasman. Because of the depth of the water we cannot tell the wave height,” Chris Ryan, of Australia’s Tsunami Warning Centre, said.