million$moufpiece
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Huge Earthquake in New Zealand!
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eric_luther2003
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Rugby. 
30bestlevel3
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Yes it does.
wrong country tard :tdown:
you meant to say oh noez! the sheep!
news.com.au
AFTER-SHOCKS continue to shake the Gisborne area on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake flattened buildings in the centre of the town last night.
An apartment block and two shops collapsed, several roofs caved in, winery vats burst and gaping holes opened in roads.
A state of emergency was declared this morning, as another tremor hit at 6.47am today, registering 4.5 on the Richter scale.
GNS Science duty seismologist Warwick Smith said the after-shocks are expected to last for some time, although most would be “minor”.
“It’s hard to say exactly how long they’ll go on for, but we’ll be recording them for weeks,” he told NZPA.
“Most will be small, and especially as it’s off-shore, most won’t be felt.”
He said the quake was more powerful than the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake.
“If we can record these (after-shocks), and there could be quite a lot, that’ll tell us more about the process of what’s going on, the scientific aspects of what’s happening under the ocean out there.”
He said the quake was felt as far away as Dunedin, Christchurch and Hokitika, and that no tsunami had occurred.
Cleaning up
The clean-up continues at Gisborne Hospital after water tanks on the roof overflowed, causing flooding and minor damage. Lighting was also lost for about 30 minutes. Eleven people were treated at the emergency department for minor injuries.
Tairawhiti District Health Board chief executive Jim Green said it was a “very frightening experience, because of the magnitude of the quake and the fact that you’re in a multi-storey building, so it did shake a lot”.
“Immediately nurses did a really good job in helping to calm patients and check that nobody had been injured, which was the case.
“There was concern from patients about the fact that there may be after-shocks, that the building may have been damaged but we were able to very quickly ascertain that the building was safe.”
New Zealand scientists record around 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which around 20 are greater than 5.0 on the Richter scale.
The last fatal earthquake in the geologically active country, caught between the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, was in 1968 when a quake measuring 7.1 killed three people on the South Island’s west coast.
you meant to say oh noez! the sheep!
news.com.au
AFTER-SHOCKS continue to shake the Gisborne area on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake flattened buildings in the centre of the town last night.
An apartment block and two shops collapsed, several roofs caved in, winery vats burst and gaping holes opened in roads.
A state of emergency was declared this morning, as another tremor hit at 6.47am today, registering 4.5 on the Richter scale.
GNS Science duty seismologist Warwick Smith said the after-shocks are expected to last for some time, although most would be “minor”.
“It’s hard to say exactly how long they’ll go on for, but we’ll be recording them for weeks,” he told NZPA.
“Most will be small, and especially as it’s off-shore, most won’t be felt.”
He said the quake was more powerful than the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake.
“If we can record these (after-shocks), and there could be quite a lot, that’ll tell us more about the process of what’s going on, the scientific aspects of what’s happening under the ocean out there.”
He said the quake was felt as far away as Dunedin, Christchurch and Hokitika, and that no tsunami had occurred.
Cleaning up
The clean-up continues at Gisborne Hospital after water tanks on the roof overflowed, causing flooding and minor damage. Lighting was also lost for about 30 minutes. Eleven people were treated at the emergency department for minor injuries.
Tairawhiti District Health Board chief executive Jim Green said it was a “very frightening experience, because of the magnitude of the quake and the fact that you’re in a multi-storey building, so it did shake a lot”.
“Immediately nurses did a really good job in helping to calm patients and check that nobody had been injured, which was the case.
“There was concern from patients about the fact that there may be after-shocks, that the building may have been damaged but we were able to very quickly ascertain that the building was safe.”
New Zealand scientists record around 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which around 20 are greater than 5.0 on the Richter scale.
The last fatal earthquake in the geologically active country, caught between the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, was in 1968 when a quake measuring 7.1 killed three people on the South Island’s west coast.
shatteredillusionse
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Truth.
XxXscrumhalfXxX
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wow, my dad was just there, pretty close to it too!
rubburduckky
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OH LAWDY i hope sams ok
pennysavior2002
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LOL
I was gonna say "I hope Bret and Jemaine are ok." lol...
I was gonna say "I hope Bret and Jemaine are ok." lol...
BravesRule
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i dont think they do anymore. but they should.
BasketballRulez
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I have no favorite team in any sport so at the dinner table I can make fun of everyones team.
They're so comfortable though, and the only reason they're like that is because they're harder to get a hold of, just like the jerseys are tight, but that's so people can't pull them as easy.
I'm pretty sure wearing gay shorts, and slamming into each other full speed cancels out the gayness.
They're so comfortable though, and the only reason they're like that is because they're harder to get a hold of, just like the jerseys are tight, but that's so people can't pull them as easy.
I'm pretty sure wearing gay shorts, and slamming into each other full speed cancels out the gayness.
Bjorkalikee
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That's a good way of thinking you have there.
I like to have favourite teams because it's fun to argue about which team is better and all that good stuff.
edit: :tup: for Canadian spelling of favourite
double edit: (for myself)
triple edit: yeah, i thumbs up myself :dodgy:
I like to have favourite teams because it's fun to argue about which team is better and all that good stuff.
edit: :tup: for Canadian spelling of favourite
double edit: (for myself)
triple edit: yeah, i thumbs up myself :dodgy: