Earthquake hits Southern NZ today

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Moscow Mule replied

15 July 2009, 10:40
Originally posted by Jet Setter View Post

Checked it out and it's only green level alert. Means there's not much chance of anyone being hurt. The location is very remote. Possibly some tsunami risk for Fiji and Samoa though.

150km West of Invercargill?

It would hit New Caledonia before it hit either of those?
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BrilloPad replied

15 July 2009, 10:39
If it creates a big enough tsunami we wont have to worry about swine flu.
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The Lone Gunman replied

15 July 2009, 10:39
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8151530.stm

Off shore and deep. Possible Tsunami. Still a big quake.
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Moscow Mule replied

15 July 2009, 10:38
It's no San Fran 1906 that's for sure.
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Jet Setter replied

15 July 2009, 10:37
Checked it out and it's only green level alert. Means there's not much chance of anyone being hurt. The location is very remote. Possibly some tsunami risk for Fiji and Samoa though.
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The Lone Gunman replied

15 July 2009, 10:36
7.8 is a big quake. I do hope this doesnt do too much damage.
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DimPrawn replied

15 July 2009, 10:35
The report I just read said tins fell off some supermarket shelves.

Sounds devastating.
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Cyberman replied

15 July 2009, 10:34
Just reported on Talksport as 7.8 also. 'Huge', they say.
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Cyberman replied

15 July 2009, 10:31
Brazil says 7.8 so it could be a different one, or just measured in a different place. A Tsunami warning has been issued which obviously could affect Sydney in OZ.

http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Mundo/0...+ZELANDIA.html
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snaw replied

15 July 2009, 10:27
**** me, do you spend your whole day looking for disasters to gloat on and report back to us?

I hereby rename you Cyberghoul.
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Moscow Mule replied

15 July 2009, 10:27
This one?

http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/latest.html

Reference Number 3124792/G
Universal Time July 15 2009 at 9:41
NZ Standard Time Wednesday, July 15 2009 at 9:41 pm
Latitude, Longitude 46.17°S, 165.79°E
Focal Depth 5 km
Richter magnitude 6.1
Region SW of New Zealand
Location

* 150 km west of Tuatapere
* 170 km west of Otautau
* 200 km west of Invercargill
* 370 km west of Dunedin
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Cyberman started a topic Earthquake hits Southern NZ today

15 July 2009, 10:21
Earthquake hits Southern NZ today

7.8 on Richter scale.

BBC slow on this cos no link yet, but Brazil reporting it.
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