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Local-source tsunamis

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Local-source tsunamis

This map shows the areas affected by tsunamis from local sources since the 1820s. Tsunamis have accompanied several of the major earthquakes that occurred offshore or close to the coast.

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Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Sources: GNS Science Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management

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Willem de Lange and Eileen McSaveney, Tsunamis – Tsunamis – New Zealand’s underrated hazard, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/map/6205/local-source-tsunamis (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Willem de Lange and Eileen McSaveney, published 2 March 2009.