Make sure you know where to go, whether you are at home, at work or out and about. In some scenarios, the modelling shows flooding further inland. consistent approach for the development of tsunami evacuation zones and maps. They encompass many different possible tsunami scenarios. There are three evacuation zones in Christchurch – the red evacuation zone, the orange evacuation zone, and the yellow evacuation zone. Your local Civil Defence Group has tsunami evacuation zone maps and regional advice.

Coastal Christchurch residents confident they can escape a tsunami threat in 10 minutes may have to think again. Christchurch City has had tsunami evacuation zones … Our Civil Defence team will be working with affected communities around what the new tsunami evacuation zones mean for them … Alerts and evacuation advice would be issued by Civil Defence and distributed to the public for this type of tsunami because we have more time. A multi-agency workshop was coordinated by the Tsunami Working Group in March 2008 to develop an agreed … Make sure you know where to go, whether you are at home, at work or out and about.

The Orange Zone (including the red zone) is the area we may evacuate for a large earthquake in the Pacific, such as near South America, causing a tsunami wave of up to 5 metres at the Wellington coastline.

Subsequently, the evacuation zones have been extended. Christchurch city’s tsunami evacuation zones changed in November 2019 based on new scientific research (external link) and scenario modelling. Tsunami signage was the focus of a sub-committee of the Tsunami Working Group in 2007 and a National Tsunami Signage Technical Standard for the CDEM Sector (TS 01/08) was published in April 2008. People who are in the red or orange evacuation zones should evacuate if they feel a long or strong earthquake, are told to by Civil Defence, or if … They could potentially be flooded in a very large tsunami … Developing tsunami evacuation zones for Christchurch City and Banks Peninsula Environment Canterbury Technical Report i ; Executive summary ; Background: Tsunami evacuation zones are the areas that people should evacuate from, or stay out, of as a precaution during an official tsunami warning, or after a long or strong earthquake. Christchurch and Banks Peninsula also have a yellow zone, which are areas least likely to be affected by a tsunami. Tsunami evacuation zones are areas that we recommend people evacuate from as a precaution after they feel a long or strong earthquake, or in an official tsunami warning.