New Zealand gets tsunami all-clear after quake

A tsunami caused by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake off New Zealand today is small and poses no threat, experts said.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said no destructive waves were heading for New Zealand’s western coastline after a warning was issued earlier.

The waves generated are less than eight inches high and the warning was cancelled after about an hour.

The quake’s epicentre was 100 miles west of Invercargill, off the west coast of New Zealand’s South Island at a depth of 21 miles.

It hit at 10.22 Irish time.