Tsunami hits NZ: Harbour ‘like a washing machine’
Category Earthquake
February 28 2010
A tsunami surge of water measuring one metre has reached Northland, turning the normally plaid harbour into a "washing machine".
"The wave was approximately one metre. It sucks out and comes in. It takes a couple of minutes. They are very long waves," said Jeroen Jongejans from his boat near the harbour entrance.
He said the water was discoloured indicating the energy level of the wave was very deep and had picked up debris from the harbour floor…more
