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Tsunami Warning After 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Off New Zealand
Fox News ^ | July 15, 2009

Posted on 07/15/2009 3:23:52 AM PDT by Zakeet

BREAKING NEWS - The USGS issues a tsunami warning after 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits off New Zealand.

The epicenter of the quake was located about 100 miles west of the city of Invercargill, on South Island.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; earthquake; quake; tsunami
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To: Strategerist

Earthquakes in NZ are serious things


21 posted on 07/15/2009 3:46:43 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Read up on what has happened in the past in NZ vbefore you moved there...

Murchison, Inaugahua Junction....


22 posted on 07/15/2009 3:48:56 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Zakeet

Great. I wanted to sleep tonight.


23 posted on 07/15/2009 3:49:05 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: allmost

Thanks mate — I wouldn’t go fishing today for all the tea in China!


24 posted on 07/15/2009 3:50:01 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Tennessee Nana
Bondi Beach is in Australia..This is New Zealand on the South East coast..

Yup,I know.I've surfed it.well...I didn't really *surf* it but I've walked it.I didn't know that the quake was off the *east* coast of NZ.I don't know enough about tsunmais to know whether or not that means that it couldn't hit Australia's coast.

25 posted on 07/15/2009 3:50:57 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Christian+Veteran=Terrorist)
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To: Strategerist

Well, now, we ain’t all nuts.

As a yute, I remember very much seeing a totally full moon from my porch in upstate NY back about 68.

There was a large quake near the LA basin that very night.

The reason I remember it so clearly is it was one of my first times getting to first base with the gal next door.

Now, we are talking gravity and forces and rotational physics and orbital physics here, so don’t be so harsh.

Remember that something as simple as the three body gravitational problem is unsolved.


26 posted on 07/15/2009 3:53:43 AM PDT by djf (Man up! Don't be a FReeloader! Make a donation today!)
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To: Tennessee Nana

(grin!) New Zealand is a Civil Defense Officer’s dream assignment!

(I was in Civil Defense and disaster planning for a few years either side of 2000)

We got lucky this past year with Ruapehu’s lahar. Fortunately it didn’t amount to much this time around (but it could have!)


27 posted on 07/15/2009 3:54:28 AM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

All of NZ is in the “Ring of Fire” area for old volcanoes...


28 posted on 07/15/2009 3:54:49 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Zakeet
My brother emailed me from Taiwan yesterday telling me of a 6.5 quake there...now New Zealand....

the Pacific rim is rockin’.

Dad was stationed in NZ while waiting for his Marine battalion to hit the beaches of Guadalcanal. He always talked about retiring to NZ but never did make it back there......

29 posted on 07/15/2009 3:56:35 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Gay State Conservative

South East Australia is under tsunami alert at this time.


30 posted on 07/15/2009 3:57:51 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

Trying to remember

Is it Mt Egmont that is the old volcano in Auckiand ???

Then theres the volcano in Banks Penisular between Lyttleton and Akaroa...


31 posted on 07/15/2009 3:59:48 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana
All of NZ is in the “Ring of Fire” area for old volcanoes...

Yes,I know that NZ is an earthquake/volcano zone.In fact,I once went to a town on the North Island called Rotorua which is a big geothermal energy area.I guess they pipe this energy into homes and businesses for free heat and things like that.The town *did* have a pretty strong sulfur smell to it...at least parts of the town did.

32 posted on 07/15/2009 4:00:13 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Christian+Veteran=Terrorist)
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To: Vaquero

Thank your Dad for us...

If it wasnt for the presense of the Amierican soldiers and Marines, NZ would have been taken over by the Japanese...


33 posted on 07/15/2009 4:01:54 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Zakeet
Warning cancelled:
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1051Z 15 JUL 2009

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI WARNING CANCELLATION ...

THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND/OR WATCH ISSUED BY THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI
WARNING CENTER IS NOW CANCELLED FOR

 NEW ZEALAND

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.  ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

 ORIGIN TIME -  0923Z 15 JUL 2009
 COORDINATES -  46.0 SOUTH  166.3 EAST
 DEPTH       -  SHALLOWER THAN 100 KM
 LOCATION    -  OFF W. COAST OF S. ISLAND  N.Z.
 MAGNITUDE   -  7.8

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

 GAUGE LOCATION        LAT   LON    TIME        AMPL         PER
 -------------------  ----- ------  -----  ---------------  -----
 Jackson Bay, NZ      43.97S 168.62E  10:18Z    0.17M          10min
 DART Tasman Sea, NZ -46.92S 160.56E  09:53Z    0.05M           8min

 LAT  - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
 LON  - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
 TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
 AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
        IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
        VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
 PER  - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

EVALUATION

 SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE
 BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. FOR
 THOSE AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS
 AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT
 OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME
 THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN
 CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
 CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
 ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

 NO TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS FOR OTHER COASTAL AREAS IN THE PACIFIC
 ALTHOUGH SOME OTHER AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES.
 THE TSUNAMI WARNING IS NOW CANCELLED FOR ALL AREAS COVERED BY
 THIS CENTER.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

34 posted on 07/15/2009 4:04:41 AM PDT by cmj328 (Filibuster FOCA or lose reelection)
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To: Gay State Conservative

You get used to the smell..

There’s sulpher springs in the South Island too...

Mariua Sprimgs was about 40 miles from where I used to live...

We used to go there in the winter time ...

outdoor swinmming in the snow...


35 posted on 07/15/2009 4:05:18 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Tennessee Nana
here is a new take on Ring Of Fire
36 posted on 07/15/2009 4:06:17 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: DieHard the Hunter

You gonna be OK.?


37 posted on 07/15/2009 4:06:47 AM PDT by fatima (Free hugs today :).)
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To: Vaquero

cant open that link...


38 posted on 07/15/2009 4:07:33 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: naturalman1975

From the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre

39 posted on 07/15/2009 4:08:01 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

IDY68034
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology

MEDIA:
PLEASE USE STANDARD EMERGENCY WARNING SIGNAL (SEWS)
TOP PRIORITY FOR IMMEDIATE AND FREQUENT BROADCAST
********************************************************************************

TSUNAMI WARNING NUMBER 1 FOR LORD HOWE ISLAND
Issued by the Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) at 08:05 PM EST
on Wednesday 15 July 2009

********************************************************************************

TSUNAMI THREAT TO LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS AND THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT

********************************************************************************
SUMMARY:

Tsunami warning for LORD HOWE ISLAND.

An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.9 (Latitude 45.960S Longitude 166.470E )
has occurred at 07:22 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009 off W. COAST OF S.
ISLAND, N.Z.

For low-lying coastal areas there is a threat of MAJOR LAND INUNDATION,
FLOODING, DANGEROUS WAVES AND STRONG OCEAN CURRENTS for several hours from
09:30 pm (EST) Wednesday.

People in affected areas are strongly advised by the LORD HOWE ISLAND POLICE to
go to higher ground or at least one kilometre inland.

For all threatened areas, people are advised to get out of the water and move
away from the immediate water’s edge.

Next update will be issued by 09:05 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009

For latest and further information call 1300 TSUNAMI (1300 878 6264) or visit
www.bom.gov.au

********************************************************************************
DETAILS:

TSUNAMI THREAT TO LOW-LYING COASTAL AREAS
A threat of MAJOR LAND INUNDATION, FLOODING, DANGEROUS WAVES AND STRONG OCEAN
CURRENTS exists for several hours from 09:30 pm (EST) Wednesday.

COMMUNITY RESPONSE ADVICE FROM THE LORD HOWE ISLAND POLICE :

- People are strongly advised to go to higher ground, at least ten metres above
sea level, or if possible move at least one kilometre away from all beaches
and the water’s edge of harbours and coastal estuaries.

- Take only essential items that you can carry including important papers,
family photographs and medical needs.

- It may be in your own interests to walk to safety if possible to avoid
traffic jams.

- If you cannot leave the area take shelter in the upper storey of a sturdy
brick or concrete multi-storey building.

- Boats in harbours, estuaries or shallow coastal water should return to shore.
Secure your boat and move away from the waterfront.

- Vessels already at sea should stay offshore in deep water until further
advised.

- Do not go to the coast to watch the tsunami, as there is the possibility of
dangerous, localised land inundation of the immediate foreshore.

- Check that your neighbours have received this advice.

CAUTION:
Tsunami waves are more powerful than the same size beach waves, with the first
wave not necessarily being the largest.

Low-level effects may be observed in neighbouring coastal areas. People are
advised to take care.

TSUNAMI SOURCE:
An undersea earthquake of magnitude 7.9 (Latitude 45.960S Longitude 166.470E )
has occurred at 07:22 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009 near OFF W. COAST OF S.
ISLAND, N.Z..

The NEXT UPDATE will be issued by 09:05 PM EST on Wednesday 15 July 2009

FOR LATEST AND FURTHER INFORMATION:
Call 1300 TSUNAMI (1300 878 6264) or visit www.bom.gov.au

FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE:
Call the LORD HOWE ISLAND POLICE on (02) 6563 2199

********************************************************************************

EST = Eastern Standard Time
CST = Central Standard Time = EST - 30 minutes
WST = Western Standard Time = EST - 2 hours

The JATWC is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Geoscience
Australia
********************************************************************************


40 posted on 07/15/2009 4:09:43 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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