Penguins escape huge earthquake

BBC ^ | Dec 24, 2004 | unknown

[Mike Fieschko]

Macquarie penguins appear to have escaped the worst

An earthquake on a remote Antarctic archipelago home to 850,000 King Penguins was the strongest on earth in four years, seismologists say.

The quake hit 400km (250 miles) off the Macquarie Islands on Friday, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale.

Penguins appear to have escaped a major disaster as the quake occurred deep under the sea, far from inhabited land.

There were no tsunamis, or large tidal waves, because the quake moved horizontally rather than vertically.

The tremors were felt in Tasmania, 1000km (600 miles) away, but because the epicentre was 10km underground, few observers noticed the initial quake.

[Mike Fieschko]

BBC keeping their priorities right. George Noori asked his hollow earth guest last night about this earthquake.

[FormerACLUmember]

Thousands of babies were just murdered in British abortion factories. The BBC is worried about some penguins.

[berkeleybeej]

It's Bush's fault.

[md2576]

Must Be Global Warming. OMG!!!

[Jaxter]

Well, if it wasn't for the dang strike they'd have been in Pittsburgh where they belong...

[Squawk 8888]

*groan*

[Cicero]

How about the seals?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Penguins are OK!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Webcam here:

Macquarie Island Station

[Old Professer]

Boy, that was lucky; if the quake had happened on land the little dudes would have been crushed inside their igloos.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The BBC is worried about some penguins.

Well, one of them could be an exploding penguin.

"What's that on the television then?"

"Looks like a penguin."

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Penguins appear to have escaped a major disaster as the quake occurred deep under the sea, far from inhabited land. There were no tsunamis, or large tidal waves, because the quake moved horizontally rather than vertically..........because the epicentre was 10km underground, few observers noticed the initial quake.

So nothing really happened but at least the pengiuns are still safe.

[Angry Republican]

"Doo bee do be doo."

[Hot Tabasco]

Penguins escape huge earthquake

For some reason I envisioned thousands of penguins running down the highway with hastily packed suitcases.......

[ALASKA]

What a relief!! I didn't sleep a wink last night worrying about the little guys.............

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Obviously Bush's 'fault'.....

[NorCalRepub]

LOL........ah Monty Python........"there's a penguin on the telly....."......I love exploding penquins........

[Leo Carpathian]

See BS Baghdad Dan RATher:

"Penguin children, minorities and gays hit hardest!"

[July 4th]

I hope their wine production was unaffected.

[NorCalRepub]

those little guys can't handle the wine like they used to before Bush destroyed the universe.........