7.8 Quake Just hit New Zealand

a reply to: tigertatzen

No, for sure not. I have seen the raw data. It was one big one, and then a 6.2 or so following right after, and then more smaller aftershocks.

Sounds as though there might have been some favorable resonance if the effects are more like a 6.6 quake.
I read 7.4 in the headlines this morning and almost fell out of my chair.


edit: update link from Dslayer

www.geonet.org.nz...

I'm seeing it's a M7.8 - 53km NNE of Amberley, New Zealand

Upgraded by USGS

Tsunami warning center for pacific is saying 7.9

a reply to: TrueAmerican

Ok, thank you...I thought it was just a duplicate listing of the same quake at different reported mags, but the coords were slightly different so I thought I'd double check.

Yeah I agree it felt like a 7
Geonet SeisComP3 had it at 7.6 at one point 2 minutes after the Quake then it downgraded.
We were swaying back and forth here 50km north of Wellington definitely felt both the P and S waves distinctly
Not much damage at our house a few things fell over.
Reports of blown glass windows in the CBD in Wellington
No power here 1 hour afterwards

a reply to: muzzy
That must be scary to feel one that powerful.
So far I've not experienced a big one

a reply to: muzzy

Glad you're OK. They're currently reporting it as 7.8 on USGS...they upgraded it.

www.radionz.co.nz...

listening to that radio and they just mentioned a tsunami has been generated.

There's conflicting reports of somewhat of a tsunami threat
New Zealand's civil defence organisation has issued a tsunami warning

originally posted by: JesusXst
a reply to: TrueAmerican

Perhaps this has something to do with the Super Moon coming this week.

7.5 ... that's big.

Hasn't this been predicted somewhere?

If you look at the RSOE alert map and zoom in to New Zealand, the entire coastline north of Christchurch is lit up like a christmas tree with earthquake hits.

Something has woken up !

a reply to: djz3ro

Suspicious0bservers had a warning out for the region yesterday.

originally posted by: CranialSponge
If you look at the RSOE alert map and zoom in to New Zealand, the entire coastline north of Christchurch is lit up like a christmas tree with earthquake hits.

Something has woken up !

Totally unrelated but the same link also shows a nuclear or high yield explosive attack in Iraq...

Listening to Radio NZ...they are asking people to evacuate along the coast apparently...
Rainbows
Jane

7.9
6.2
5.7
4.6
4.4
4.6
5.8
4.8
5.0
4.7
4.9
4.7
4.7
4.9
5.2
4.7
4.8
4.7

All just within the last hour.... wow !

EMSC

I'm curious where is the antipode to this location? (Direct opposite on the Earth)

Coastal Residents should move inland or get to higher ground, tsunami warning has been issued

originally posted by: violet
Coastal Residents should move inland or get to higher ground, tsunami warning has been issued

Wow!

a reply to: violet

Here you go.....It would be Spain/France ish

www.antipodesmap.com...

Rainbows
Jane

a reply to: violet

Yes, and it sounds scary:

Tsunami wave has been observed following the M7.8 earthquake in Kaikoura, New Zealand on 13th November, 2016 at 11:03 (UTC). The observed tsunami wave height was 8.2 feet (2.49 meters). Other information not available yet.

link


8.2 feet ?!

Good gawd....