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Thread ID: 125513 2012-07-03 11:44:00 wellington earthquake GameJunkie (72) PC World Chat
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1285659 2012-07-03 12:29:00 ...
How was it in the Kittens Lair?
You're 300m closer than the rest of us ... :D
fred_fish (15241)
1285660 2012-07-03 12:49:00 Well it made the news.

www.nzherald.co.nz
Iantech (16386)
1285661 2012-07-03 12:55:00 Heading off to Hamilton tomorrow, I guess that was our send off present lol. sahilcc7 (15483)
1285662 2012-07-03 17:39:00 Felt in Napier.

Reference Number 3732834 [View event in Google Maps] [View Felt Reports in Google Maps]
Universal Time July 3 2012 at 10:45
NZ Standard Time Tuesday, July 3 2012 at 10:45 pm
Latitude, Longitude 40.03°S, 173.72°E
Focal Depth 230 km
Richter magnitude 4.6
Region South Taranaki Bight
Location

70 km south of Opunake
70 km south-west of Hawera
160 km north-west of Wellington
The Herald said it was a 7.0 quake.
:)
Trev (427)
1285663 2012-07-03 20:55:00 About 10 secs of rumbling, wasn't sure if it was a train going through the tunnel or not at first, doubts of a large freight train were dispelled when the first wave hit, no damage to any structures. It was a big rolling quake, maybe 1cm of shear?


I'm waiting for that 7+ one to hit at 1km deep on that bloody welly fault line
The Error Guy (14052)
1285664 2012-07-03 22:09:00 Trev

You are getting your facts twisted.

There were 2 separate quakes :(

The earlier one was a magnitude 7
Zippity (58)
1285665 2012-07-03 23:12:00 Quite a rumble. You sit there thinking is it time to duck for cover with this one. mikebartnz (21)
1285666 2012-07-03 23:15:00 Felt it here in Karamea, rocked the house-bus,
thought it was someones escaped stock rubbing against the bus,
lasted a couple of minutes.
KarameaDave (15222)
1285667 2012-07-04 05:07:00 It was recorded during an Organ practise in Wellington.

organism.co.nz
Iantech (16386)
1285668 2012-07-04 09:11:00 Felt it here in Karamea, rocked the house-bus,
thought it was someones escaped stock rubbing against the bus,
lasted a couple of minutes.
Aren't earthquakes awesome when your in a mobile home? I loved ours. Parked in Sumner up above the cab limbs out star-fished trying to not be thrown out of bed, and far too focused on staying up there to even realize what it was throwing the truck from side to side.
How can people not love an adventure like that?
Here in the hovel (CHCH) the recent wobble was just a jelly bed and rattly handles on poorly built road-cases. I'm sure if i was in my truck the suspension would have just absorbed it like it does anything local under 4.0mag.
Funny how we become so used to living with shakes that we know the difference in feel between something strong but distant and something smaller but local....
personthingy (1670)
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