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Magnitude 7.8 - NORTH OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
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| 2004 December 23 14:59:04 UTC
| USGS
Posted on 12/23/2004 9:07:32 AM PST by null and void
Magnitude 7.8 - NORTH OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
2004 December 23 14:59:04 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
A major earthquake occurred at 14:59:04 (UTC) on Thursday, December 23, 2004.
The magnitude 7.8 event has been located NORTH OF MACQUARIE ISLAND. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
Magnitude 7.8
Date-Time Thursday, December 23, 2004 at 14:59:04 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Friday, December 24, 2004 at 1:59:04 AM = local time at epicenter
Location 50.240°S, 160.133°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region NORTH OF MACQUARIE ISLAND
Distances
420 km (260 miles) W of Auckland Island, New Zealand
495 km (305 miles) N of Macquarie Island, Australia
1515 km (940 miles) SW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
1890 km (1170 miles) SSE of CANBERRA, A.C.T., Australia
TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; macquarieislands
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Bigun. Long ways from nowhere. Any of our A/NZ FRiends feel it?
To: null and void
To: null and void
Surf's up on the Gold Coast!
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:09:42 AM PST
by
Yo-Yo
To: null and void
Bigun.You can say that again!
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:11:10 AM PST
by
steveo
(Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
To: null and void
Bigun.You can say that again!
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:11:15 AM PST
by
steveo
(Member: Fathers Against Rude Television)
To: null and void
Huge! Do people live there?
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:12:26 AM PST
by
Veto!
(Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
To: frog_jerk_2004
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:13:00 AM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: Veto!
No clue. I'd guess a couple of people studying penguins
They taste somewhere between Bald Eagle and Spotted Owl...
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:15:05 AM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: null and void
Huge!
Glad it happened in the middle of nowhere, though it's not "nowhere" if you live there.
9
posted on
12/23/2004 9:15:21 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: frog_jerk_2004
...but I think New Jersey's safe...
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:15:49 AM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: dead
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:16:25 AM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: null and void
This would never have happened if Bush hadn't killed Kyoto
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:16:56 AM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: "One Wing to Rule Them all and to the Dark Side Bind Them")
To: null and void; Veto!
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:21:31 AM PST
by
Jaded
(Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. - Mark Twain)
To: null and void; shaggy eel
Yikes, I have a cousin in Christchurch on the South island of NZ. I will have to e-mail him. Shaggy eel check in please.
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:28:49 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: Critical Bill
Did you feel that in New Zealand?
To: null and void
Put some clothes on!
To: Fierce Allegiance
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:33:22 AM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: null and void
Beautiful spot...
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posted on
12/23/2004 9:36:20 AM PST
by
cwiz24
(Hey Democrats---Now who's ya daddy?)
To: cwiz24
I wonder what it looks like now?
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posted on
12/23/2004 10:01:34 AM PST
by
null and void
(I refuse to live my life as if someone, somewhere will be offended if I laugh...)
To: null and void; Ditter; blackie; concordKIWI; 2sheep; AMNZ
,,, I was sound asleep when this happened - over four hours ago. Thankfully it wasn't further north and an inconvenience to shoppers [sarcasm].
Have a blessed and joyous Christmas and all the best for a happy, healthy and pro$perou$ 2005.
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posted on
12/23/2004 11:23:23 AM PST
by
shaggy eel
(Wellington City 20C Calm and overcast 55% chance of rain)
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