NZ QUAKES 7.0 AFTER SHK 5.5 CAN'T FIND NEWS [VANITY--TEMP--PLSE DELETE IN BEFORE 12:00 PDT]

USGS ^ | 21 AUG 2003 | QUIX

[Quix]

HELP, PLEASE. I have a friend on the South Island and I'm extremely eager to hear news of the 7.0 quake there. Have searched the web extensively and have a streaming NZ radio audio and still can't find much of anything beyond that there was one and no injuries yet reported.

But the 7.0 quake is not that far from Queenstown near the South Wester tip of NZ. And, the depth is not very deep according to USGS.

Seems to me there SHOULD be more news unless it's because of the night there and the relatively low population????

Any suggestions or NZ FReepers who can report???

Thanks much. Just very eager to hear.

Please delete this between 11:30-12:00 PDT

[MEG33]

Wow..7 is really big.

[Quix]

FINALLY FOUND THIS LITTLE BIT AT:

http://www.telstraclear.co.nz/newsfeed/news_item.cfm?id=39999

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7.1 magnitude earthquake in NZ


A 7.1 magnitude earthquake has been felt throughout the deep south of New Zealand this morning.


Callers from Dunedin, Invercargill, Wanaka, Oamaru and Christchurch say the tremor lasted up to two minutes.


One of those jolted awake was reporter Diane Brown, who says at about 12 minutes past midnight she was woken by a long rattling sound.


She says that was followed by a very strong rocking motion.


South Island police say they were inundated with calls, and received 115 in about half an hour, mostly from the Southland area.


They say there has been only minor damage, and no report of injuries.


The Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences says the earthquake measured 7.1 on the Richter Scale, and was centred 70 kilometres north-west of Te Anau at a depth of 12 kilometres.


It struck at 12:12am, and the Institute says it would have been felt strongly in the south of the South Island.

[dirtboy]

It was at the very southern tip of the South Island, well away from most inhabited areas of the South Island:

mash here

[Constitution Day]

I believe shaggy eel is in NZ.

[Constitution Day]

Magnitude 7.0 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND 2003 August 21 12:12:50 UTC

[michigander]

21 Aug 2003 15:33:12 GMT

Powerful earthquake hits southwest New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Aug 22 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked New Zealand's remote southwest Fiordland region on Friday but there were no initial reports of damage or injuries, emergency service officials said.

The shallow earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck shortly after midnight on Friday (1212 GMT Thursday), New Zealand's Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences said.

The earthquake would have been felt strongly in the south of the South Island, the institute said.

"If you were sitting in your chair, it gave you a bloody fright," said the duty officer for emergency services in Southland, New Zealand's southernmost province.

State-owned National Radio reported that power had been cut to two small towns.

The quake gave a brief jolt to the foreign exchange market in London. "Our forex guys jumped up and down for a few seconds and then they realised where the earthquake was," said Jim Webber, chief economist at Toronto Dominion Securities in London.

The tremor was centred nearly 500 km (300 miles) southwest of the South Island's main city of Christchurch and about 100 km (60 miles) from the mountain resort of Queenstown.

Senior Sergeant Ian Freeman of the Southern Communications Centre said police were inundated with calls, with 115 emergency calls in half an hour.

"We've had stuff falling off walls and that kind of thing but no serious damage nor injuries reported," he told the New Zealand Press Association.

The earthquake's centre was 70 km (40 miles) northwest of the small town of Te Anau, not far from Milford Sound, a tourist attraction known for its beauty which is currently cut off by road because of heavy winter snow.

New Zealand, perched on a junction between two tectonic plates, is very active geologically. Scientists record thousands of earthquakes a year in the South Pacific nation of four million people.

It was the second quake to hit the area in two days. A quake measuring 4.7 struck 40 km northwest of Te Anau on August 20.

[Tamzee]

Sorry, no suggestions here :-(

I hope there was little damage and your friend is okay!

[FourPeas]

www.news.com.au has a story about feeling it in Austrailia.

[michigander]

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Magnitude 7.2 SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
2003 August 21 12:12:50 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

	Magnitude	7.2
	Date-Time	Thursday, August 21, 2003 at 12:12:50 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time Friday, August 22, 2003 at 12:12:50 AM local time at epicenter
	Location	45.15S 167.18E
	Depth	33.0 kilometers
	Region	SOUTH ISLAND OF NEW ZEALAND
	Reference	120 km (75 miles) W of Queenstown, New Zealand 165 km (105 miles) NW of Invercargill, New Zealand 270 km (170 miles) WNW of Dunedin, New Zealand 755 km (465 miles) SW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand
	Location Quality	Error estimate: horizontal +/- 11.7 km; depth fixed by location program
	Location Quality Parameters	Nst=132, Nph=132, Dmin=744.5 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Erho=11.7 km, Erzz=0 km, Gp=24.2 degrees
	Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: A major earthquake occurred 125 km (75 miles) W of Queenstown or 760 km (470 miles) SW of WELLINGTON, New Zealand at 6:12 AM MDT, Aug 21, 2003 (Aug 22 at 12:12 AM local time in New Zealand). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. There have been no reports of damage.

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[Quix]

THANKS.

Turned out to be 7.1 followed by a 5.5

[Scott from the Left Coast]

7 is powerful (it shakes you good), but probably not enough in a western country with modern buidling standards to do any serious damage. Old buildings with a lot of overhanging concrete might experience some spectacular looking damage, but nothing that would cause entire buildings to collapse or anything like that.

We had a seven here in Puget Sound a couple of years ago and it did plenty of superficial damage and a fairly good amount of structural damage to old building and poorly built roads and bridges. No serious injuries, and nothing that caused any dislocation or even medium-term economic damage.

[Quix]

Thanks much.

Been viewing that page repeatedly. Thought it was sparsely populated.

[ErnBatavia]

Indeed he is, and I think he's a South Islander as well.

[Quix]

Thanks much.

Shaggy Eel,

Where are you? What did you feel?

[Quix]

Thanks.

Been repeatedly reading that page!

[MEG33]

I lived in California for a time and 7 would have "shaken" me!!

[Quix]

THANKS MUCH.

Substantive article!

Doesn't look like my friend in Christ's Church would have experienced much.

Thanks Four Peas--appreciated.

michigander--thanks--had tried a variety of NZ papers online and found nothing.

[AppyPappy]

Were you down there?