Lets Have A Minute Prayer For The Victims Of New Zealand.

multimedia · Aug 6, 2009

I just read this News a few minutes ago.Absolutely shocking.The Earthquake measured 7.8 on the Richter 100 miles off the coast

Let me show you all the article.

By Paul Chapman in Wellington
Published: 12:26PM BST 15 Jul 2009

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said the earthquake in the seabed, 100 miles west of New Zealand's South Island city of Invercargill, "has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicentre within minutes or hours".
Whether the earthquake, which struck at 0922 Wednesday GMT, had actually generated a tsunami was not known. But the Centre issued a warning based on evaluation of the seismic event.

Civil defence emergency procedures were activated in Southland, New Zealand's most southerly region, and coastal residents were asked to stay tuned to their radios.
The earthquake's power makes it one of the largest in the world this year, compounded by the fact that its focal depth was less than five miles below the earth's surface.
An aftershock measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck about 20 minutes later.
The quake was felt strongly by residents in Dunedin, Invercargill and the ski resort of Queenstown. It was also felt as far away as Wellington in North Island.
People ran from restaurants in Queenstown as buildings shook, and lights and phone lines went down.
Simon Darby told the New Zealand Herald that a rumble in the ground led him to run outside his house in the lakeside town of Wanaka.
"It must have lasted about two and a half minutes. I lived in Tokyo for three years so I know what large quakes are like. This was easily the longest and biggest I have ever felt."
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The article also says that, there are chances of a Tsunami 2.So, any Kiwis reading this study some Disaster Management

TheInternetHustler · Aug 6, 2009

I think that is an old article... I just googled it and found:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/15/new-zealand-earthquake-tr_n_232996.html
"The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii warned that a tsunami was generated, but it later said the waves were less than 8 inches (20 centimeters) in height and the warning was canceled after about an hour."

And this was from the 15th of last month

multimedia · Aug 6, 2009

Yes dude u r right .But this brought sadness into my heart as i have always known New Zealand to be a Merry Nation full of Blondes .I thought some might not be knowing it here, so wanted to update them.
Thanks for the other Article's URL though dude

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