Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Earthquake

9.22pm, suddenly the house was shaking, a rumbling sound and you feel dizzy...
The airer with wt cloth was shaking, the bear in the bottle moved about 4mm, the candle stand was close to tilt. 4 Minutes feeling like sailing. Wondering about the news tomorrow...

Here are the facts:

Magnitude 6.6, Wednesday, July 15 2009 at 9:22 pm (NZST), 90 km north-west of Tuatapere.


Information about this earthquake:

Reference Number 3124785/G
NZ Standard Time Wednesday, July 15 2009 at 9:22 pm
Latitude, Longitude 45.78°S, 166.68°E
Focal Depth 5 km
Richter magnitude 6.6
Region Fiordland

Felt in souther South Island.

(Source: http://www.geonet.org.nz)


Just this minute a cnnbrk Twitter message arrived: The CNN Wire

And another one while writing: The CNN Wire



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1 comment:

Paul Roberts said...

Yo Chris,

Crazy earthquake last night. I was in a restaurant in Queenstown at the time, I thought somebody was shaking the back of my chair.

Love the photos, I'm gonna buy a couple. Really like the sequence nosegrab.

Cheers mate,

Paul

 
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