30 Jul 2025

Strong currents, boats warned to return to shore after massive quake

From Checkpoint, 4:48 pm on 30 July 2025

Boaties are being warned to return to shore with strong currents and unpredictable surges expected along New Zealand coast after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record struck off Russia's coast. The 8.8 quake hit off the Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. NEMA's Director of Civil Defence Emergency Management John Price spoke to Lisa Owen.