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New Zealand earthquakes: Fourth tremor hits as thousands evacuated in tsunami fears

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A fourth tremor has hit New Zealand after thousands were already evacuated amid fears of a tsunami. The country's emergency management agency went on to say that the large waves have now passed and therefore the threat level for a tsunami has been downgraded.

People living on parts of the coast were told to evacuate their homes and get to high ground immediately following a third quake with a magnitude of 8.1 shortly before 8pm GMT.

It had struck off the north-east of the country near Kermadec Islands Region. That quake followed an earlier one that measured 6.9 followed by another measuring 7.4.

The fourth tremor measured a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale, it has been reported. At around 10pm GMT people on the ground began reporting

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