• Earthquake In New Zealand
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[quote=3news.co.nz, July 15, 2009 06:42 EDT ] A series of powerful earthquakes has struck the South Island tonight. The initial quake struck around 9:22pm this evening and was centred off the West Coast of the South Island, and measured 7.8 on the Richter scale. No casualties have yet been reported. The quake struck at a depth of 12km. It could be felt as far away as Wellington and Taranaki in the North Island, according to emails and calls from 3 News viewers. Aftershocks have continued to rock the South Island, including one measuring 6.1 at 9:41pm. The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre has confirmed a tsunami has been generated, and says people "in areas with threat of land inundation and flooding are strongly advised by emergency authorities to go to higher ground or at least one kilometre inland". Tsunamis increase in size dramatically as they approach the coastline, and the first wave might not necessarily be the largest. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre says: "An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicentre within minutes to hours." Despite this, the centre has lifted its warning for New Zealand. Australia is still on alert. Civil Defence says: "It is possible that there is a tsunami risk to New Zealand from the 7.8 earthquake that occurred near Tuatapere today." It says it is continuing to monitor the situation. The Southland Civil Defence Emergency Management Group is activating their Emergency Operations Centre to assess damage reports. Emails and calls to 3 News have described the quake as large and long-lasting, but causing minimal damage. Power has been knocked out in Queenstown and Southland. A water main in Winton has reportedly been knocked out. The extent of damage is otherwise still unknown. Wendy London writes: "I felt the earthquake – and a second one or after shock, in Wellington.I’m on the 6th floor of a 2 year old apartment block just off Tory Street, and it was a barely perceptible rolling motion." Mareike Hachemer writes from Dunedin: "Feels as if the house was a boat. Everything is shaking slightly. Lamps and curtain pieces are shaking." And in Mosgiel, Blake McFarlane writes: "We were in the local United Video and the advertising signs on the roof were swaying something shocking, this was the best earthquake I've ever felt, was real rolling like." An Invercargill man told NZPA the initial quake lasted at least a minute. "Things just started to rattle a bit, then the house started to sway." He and his wife got their three young children out of bed and huddled under the dining table to wait it out. Cracks had appeared around several door frames, he said. Central Southland man Warren MacPherson said a hanging light in his house would have been swaying "a good six inches each way". He was on the phone when the quake struck and rushed outside. "By geez, there was a fair bit of movement," he said. Invercargill police Inspector Olaf Jensen said there were no immediate reports of damage in the southern city, but the quake was significant enough to send staff into doorways. He described it was a strong, rolling quake rather than a sharp jolt. It is believed to be the largest tremor in New Zealand since the 1931 Hawke's Bay quake. [/quote] Source: [url]http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Tsunami-spotted-following-South-Island-quake/tabid/209/articleID/112707/cat/87/Default.aspx[/url] Watch out new zealand, you might get hit!
Holy shit, you'd think I'd know about this living in the middle of New Zealand. [B]Edit:[/B] Well that explains it.
September 30, 2007 04:28pm At first I was all "I don't remember anything like that being recent" but then I was all "lol".
There's also a small warning for water trouble in Australia. [url]http://www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/index.shtml[/url]
Lol, Sep 30. [editline]11:35PM[/editline] I felt it in 2007, Only a very small shake.
(Wrong news in first post by accident, fixed now.)
Yes I'm from NZ
As am I.
When I readed the title, I went what the fuck?
Old.
[QUOTE=Maxx;16054294]Old.[/QUOTE] Thanks captain obvious, we have stated this.
Well it has just got to Australia so yes you crazy New Zealanders would have known (for obvious reasons) that there was an earthquake before us! It was posted between the State of Origin. -,-
[url]http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Tsunami-spotted-following-South-Island-quake/tabid/209/articleID/112707/cat/87/Default.aspx[/url]
Stupid bloody Australian! CAUTION: Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first wave not necessarily being the largest. What do they think we are...... DUMB?
Storm, You're making no sense. Learn to spell and use grammar.
Well I'm going there for the first time tomorrow and this happens... Thank god it was only small. The whole of South East Australia is on tsunami alert.
Where is the spelling and grammar mistakes Mister I Know everything. -,-
Haha, awesome. Good thing I'm a couple of hundred kilometers inland.
Just chilling at Auckland. /me is a jafa
[QUOTE=occer;16054438]Well I'm going there for the first time tomorrow and this happens... Thank god it was only small. The whole of South East Australia is on tsunami alert.[/QUOTE] Yeah, there is a possibility that Lake Macquarie (Newcastle) could rise and cause major flooding!
[url]http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/earthquake.pl?title=Off+West+Coast+Of+South+Island%2C+NZ&magnitude=5.7&depth=60&xy=166.468,-45.957&date=15,07,2009&time=09,42,00&bg1=eqrisk_lm&zoom=500&station=COEN[/url] Not that powerful... not 7.8? I hear 5KM, 12KM and now 60KM.
/me is also chilling at Auckland
Waikato. These wavey bastards can't roll upstream can they?
[QUOTE=S.T.O.R.M;16054467]Yeah, there is a possibility that Lake Macquarie (Newcastle) could rise and cause major flooding![/QUOTE] Disagree. I heard that the NZ tsunami warning was called off after they found out that the waves were 8 inces high.
Hah
Hahah, that's awesome occer... So much for 'major flooding'...
But when you are near a epicenter it dosn't get much damage. Aka, When I went to Hawaii in 2006 the epicenter was in Hawaii its self and it didn't get much damage from flooding but from land slides, but Honolulu got flooding and land slides. [editline]10:00PM[/editline] [QUOTE=doggunn;16054473][url]http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/earthquake.pl?title=Off+West+Coast+Of+South+Island%2C+NZ&magnitude=5.7&depth=60&xy=166.468,-45.957&date=15,07,2009&time=09,42,00&bg1=eqrisk_lm&zoom=500&station=COEN[/url] Not that powerful... not 7.8? I hear 5KM, 12KM and now 60KM.[/QUOTE] Well, I am getting info from my local Radio Station so don't blame me!
No tsunami, thank god.
Well unless you get yours first but us Aussies still have a warning up.
I WAS THERE What's the big deal?
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