my first quake !

conky_05

in wellington, new zealand at the moment, and was in the cinema last night at 10.45pm local time. then suddenly everything started rattling for about 3 minutes. thought it was just a small quake/tremor as they happen all the time. i havent noticed any before because they've all been so small ( richter 5 or less ). anyway, this one was a richter 7.6, located 600 km off the coast of north new zealand. scary stuff, lucky there was no tsunami or anything :eek:

Karl Hungus

Your first game of quake waa?

conky_05

wha wha whaaaaaaa :rolleyes:

Gator

Wha wha weeeeewha

Selik

Hmmmm.... so Conky you had your first quake and for a while there you probably though you were doomed, right?

/gets coat and runs

Ronan|Raven

Hullo Conky Being from the same part of the world as yerself im not used to these tremors either. Did you not fell the stronger one at 5:30ish on monday morning?

That one was only 40km from porirua out to sea.

Last night was over 1000km away but there was still a decent rumble. Lounder than my stomach! Was 7.5 apparently.

Been two off the coast last week hope there isnt a big one on the way/!

By stronger I meant its strength and proximity to us than the one last night.

Ruu_Old

Lucky you were alright

Ronan|Raven

I want a 9.0!

Asok

The Jiggling....it would be hypnotic.

conky_05

Ronan|Raven wrote:

I want a 9.0!

that's be sweet !! or not ?!

here in welly were pretty safe tsunami-wise because it's so sheltered.

em, didnt feel the one on monday morning coz i was asleep. as i said, last night was the first one i felt !!! lucky, leaving new zealand on thursday to hit the pacific islands on the way home...was thinkin i could have stayed 6 months here and not felt any at all ?

sketch....if there's a big one in the pacific and i'm on fiji or the cooks i could be well f*cked :eek:

conky_05

Gator wrote:

Wha wha weeeeewha

ah my (more) evil twin !!!

waaaaaaaaah !!:mad:

conky_05

Giles wrote:

Hmmmm.... so Conky you had your first quake and for a while there you probably though you were doomed, right?

/gets coat and runs

get your...oh wait, you just did....

Dooom

Giles wrote:

Hmmmm.... so Conky you had your first quake and for a while there you probably though you were doomed, right?

Roffle

Pherekydes

Ronan|Raven wrote:

Was 7.5 apparently.

Been two off the coast last week hope there isnt a big one on the way/!

7.5 is a major quake.

Earthquake Classification
Magnitude 	Classification
0 - 3 	Micro
3 - 3.9 	Minor
4 - 4.9 	Light
5 - 5.9 	Moderate
6 - 6.9 	Strong
7 - 7.9 	Major
8 and higher 	Great

Sauce

Watch that belly go, wooooohoooooo

http://www.pearl-jam.com/simpsons/sihmbely.jpg

carbonkid

Sauce wrote:

Watch that belly go, wooooohoooooo

http://www.pearl-jam.com/simpsons/sihmbely.jpg

*kicks shins*...thats for promising me Jiggly flesh *sniffles*

Ronan|Raven

I was referring to a major earthquake happening a lot closer to Wellington.

Pherekydes

Ronan|Raven wrote:

I was referring to a major earthquake happening a lot closer to Wellington.

Sure you did:

By stronger I meant its strength and proximity to us than the one last night.