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Major earthquake rocks New Zealand (Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin all affected)
news.com.au ^ | 16th August 2013

Posted on 08/15/2013 10:04:46 PM PDT by naturalman1975

WORKERS have fled New Zealand's capital, Wellington, after a severe earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.6 rocked the nation.

New Zealanders huddled under desks as strong tremors struck the country -- as far north as Auckland and as far south as Dunedin -- at around 2:31pm local time.

There were a number of injuries from broken glass but no serious casualties have been reported.

Earthquakes damaged houses and there were reports of a home almost totally collapsing in Marlborough on the South Island.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; newzealand; wellington
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1 posted on 08/15/2013 10:04:46 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975

Watching live news coverage (Australia and NZ share 24 hours news resources) - does not look too bad in terms of casualties and damage.


2 posted on 08/15/2013 10:06:52 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

Earthquake postingss here at FR have been pretty rare lately.

I used to go to the USG earthquake maps daily till they changed the format. Haven’t gone there in a long time.


3 posted on 08/15/2013 10:08:57 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: naturalman1975

Bump


4 posted on 08/15/2013 10:09:00 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Cold Heart

“I used to go to the USG earthquake maps daily till they changed the format. Haven’t gone there in a long time.”
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Are you signed up with the earthquake notification system?
I get an email whenever there is an earthquake anywhere.
https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/


5 posted on 08/15/2013 10:14:42 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: Cold Heart

Here’s a link to their “Beta” site.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
The old format was mush better IMO.


6 posted on 08/15/2013 10:17:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: naturalman1975

Oh great. My wife is flying there on Tuesday.


7 posted on 08/15/2013 10:18:37 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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To: naturalman1975

Seems very shallow (2 km) and there’s still large afters. We’ll see, I guess.


8 posted on 08/15/2013 10:18:52 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of Muslim Brotherhood))
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To: AlexW

I’m not signed up. I guess I should but I liked watching the trends of all recent quakes on one map. I liked the old maps where one click got the map I wanted. Getting a similar picture now takes multiple key strokes working through the system. Just got tired of it.


9 posted on 08/15/2013 10:21:13 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: naturalman1975

Last time this happened didn’t the ground liquify?


10 posted on 08/15/2013 10:21:51 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: shaggy eel

Hope all is well.


11 posted on 08/15/2013 10:22:54 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: shaggy eel; DieHard the Hunter

Please check in?


12 posted on 08/15/2013 10:26:07 PM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: Cold Heart

I hate the new format but do watch this...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

updates every minute. Still doesn’t hold a candle to the old format. I’ve complained often but we don’t count I guess!


13 posted on 08/15/2013 10:29:09 PM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: Cold Heart

Yeah. The new USGSearthquake interface sucks.


14 posted on 08/15/2013 10:29:13 PM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? We can have both!)
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To: ElkGroveDan

Hope this is a isolated event and your wife has no problems.


15 posted on 08/15/2013 10:32:09 PM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: null and void

I hate it too!
I do follow this one and I’m a avid watcher of our local live ABC KABC NEWS CAM...

http://www.world-earthquakes.com/index.php?option=pastday

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/livenow?id=7367462


16 posted on 08/15/2013 10:34:00 PM PDT by pollywog ("O Thou who changest not, abide with me.".......)
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To: Cold Heart

“I’m not signed up. I guess I should “
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I signed up just after we experienced a minor quake here a few years ago. It was on Negros, the island next to me (Cebu).
For me it was an interesting curiosity, with only a minor tremor, and a small crack in a concrete post.
It did, however, kill a small number over on that island, but with the population of very poor here, it does not take much to cause fatalities.
A small typhoon this week killed several in the northern Philippines.
I also wrote to the Tsunami warning center, asking about the possibility of a tsunami hitting my beach. They replied that they were swamped with emails but would get back to me. They never did.
I am not so worried as I am not exposed to the open Pacific.
There are large islands that sit between Cebu and the open ocean.


17 posted on 08/15/2013 10:34:16 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: null and void

Try this one. It’s a bit different.

http://www.emsc-csem.org/#2


18 posted on 08/15/2013 10:34:59 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of Muslim Brotherhood))
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To: naturalman1975
From UK.

19 posted on 08/15/2013 10:59:25 PM PDT by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day. This is not the post you are looking for ....move along now....)
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To: moose07
From NZ:

20 posted on 08/15/2013 11:02:46 PM PDT by moose07 (the truth will out ,one day. This is not the post you are looking for ....move along now....)
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