Tsunami - Not

This morning there was a flurry of activity after a moderate earthquake near Tonga.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an initial alert at about 0730 our time with the usual 'it is not know if a tsunami was generated' statement. The initial warning listed a few pacific Islands with estimated times if a Tsunami did generate

At about 0830 the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a supplement to the initial warning puting a warning into effect for "TONGA / NIUE / KERMADEC IS / AMERICAN SAMOA / SAMOA / WALLIS-FUTUNA / FIJI"

And just after 0900 the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a cancellation with a measurement report from Niue

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
-------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
NIUE                 19.1S 169.9W  1911Z   0.04M /  0.1FT  06MIN

Along the way media in NZ maybe got a little carried away, and the following media coverage ensued

• NZ tsunami possible from Tonga Islands earthquake
  
• Potential Threat To Southland

CDEM Canceled the advisory at 0915

• Tsunami advisory cancelled