Powerful Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Off Coast of New Zealand
 

DEVELOPING: A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off the Kermadec Islands near New Zealand, triggering a tsunami warning, Reuters reports.

The earthquake is about 1,000 miles from New Zealand's mainland, NewsTalk Radio in New Zealand tells Fox News.

The Pacific Tsunami Center said waves were 2.2-2.7 feet high around Raoul Island. It also estimated that waves would reach East Cape in New Zealand, within two hours and Auckland within three hours of the quake, reported Reuters.

The Kermadec Islands are remote islands with some scientists and not many residents.

Click here for the USGS report.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07...#ixzz1RMbqLNwK

Waves can travel 1000 miles in 2 to 3 hours ? :eek:

Sheep warning!

were all gonna die!

Cancelled minutes later

No, but the energy that eventually makes waves can.

HAARP.

/tdub

LMAO

Laugh now but the director of the next great nerd franchise might be drown-ed. Today!

Douchebag...

Japan/New Zealand is going to fall into the Pacific!!!E#!@#QE4RF

Why is that funny? It's entirely accurate.

Cue Teedubya to show us how he saw this coming by the watching the crop circles in Australia.

LMAO

It's "radar rings," sheep. Wake the **** up!!!

New Zealand civil defense cancels tsunami warning

Reuters – 8 mins ago (That's 5:39pm EDT)

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand civil defense authorities canceled a tsunami warning on Thursday but warned of possible stronger than normal ocean currents around the east coast of the country after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean north east of the country.

It said a tsunami was generated by the earthquake around the Kermadec Islands, around 1180 kilometers (737 miles) north east of New Zealand, but scientists has advised it was of no threat to New Zealand.
"However, they expect that there will be unusually strong tidal surges and currents," the Civil Defence Ministry said in a statement.

The first surge had been expected at eastern coastal areas of the North Island just before 9 a.m. local time (5 p.m. EDT), but there were no reports of unusual activity.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 7:03 a.m. on Thursday (3:03 p.m. EDT on Wednesday) at the epicenter, 131 miles east of Raoul Island, part of the Kermadec archipelago, and was only 30 miles deep.
A small research team on Raoul Island, the main island in the group was reported safe and well.
(Gyles Beckford)

http://news.yahoo.com/zealand-civil-...195530871.html


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I love the bolded part.

*ring*
Hello.
Get a wave yet?
No.
Goodbye.
*ring*
Hello.
Get a wave yet?
No.
Goodbye.
*ring*
Hello.
Get a wave yet?
No.
Goodbye.
*ring*
Hello.
Get a wave yet?
No.
Goodbye.

All Clear!

I know. I wasn't laughing at you or your statement. It was just funny that you had to explain that.

Oh.

Hey old man how is the golf game?

In the closet for the most part. Too many aches and pains to play a full round.

All the kids are moving very soon, maybe I can get the old body back to fair shape and play some next year..... maybe.

Yourself? How have you been?

I really didn't know, I'm glad you got a chuckle today.

Sorry, Roy, I was laughing at myself too if that helps.

HOW CAN YOU GUYS CHIT CHAT WHEN WE ALMOST HAD A DISASTER OR AT LEAST A MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZE WAVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD