Chile and New Zealand maintain tsunami warnings as threat subsides in most places

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Chile and New Zealand maintain tsunami warnings as threat subsides in most places  The danger from Wednesday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake appeared to be subsiding in most places, but Chile kept alerts at the highest level for most of its lengthy Pacific coast while New Zealand renewed a warning to avoid the water.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/07/31/chile-and-new-zealand-maintain-tsunami-warnings-as-threat-subsides-in-most-places  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Tsunami warnings remained in place in New Zealand and Chile on Thursday,

00:06one day after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia sent waves across the Pacific.

00:14Chile, which is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis,

00:18kept alerts at the highest level and began evacuating hundreds of people.

00:24Authorities in New Zealand renewed an advisory on Thursday afternoon local time,

00:28urging people to stay away from beaches and out of the water.

00:33They said rebounding tsunami activity from South America meant that strong and unusual

00:38currents could continue for another 24 hours.

00:43Wednesday's earthquake off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula was one of the strongest earthquakes

00:47ever recorded, sending tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the U.S. West Coast.

00:53Damage, however, was contained to a minimum and warnings have been lifted in most places.

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