Pacific earthquake jolts New Zealand Last updated 01:43 19/04/2011
New Zealand's east coast was jolted early this morning by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that was centred 440km northeast of East Cape in the Kermadec Trench region.
The quake struck at 1.02am at a focal depth of 33km, the GeoNet website reported.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said no destructive widespread tsunami threat existed based on historical earthquake and tsunami data.
GNS Science duty seismologist Brian Ferris said the quake had been felt "moderately" along the east of the country.
Stuff.co.nz readers from as far south as Christchurch reported feeling the shake.
Wellington resident Jill Turquet said she was woken by her house shaking "backwards and forwards".
"
sat up in bed and waited for the really big one to come," she said.
Blenheim resident Andre Santos said the quake felt "like a wave had passed under my feet".
Police said no reports of damage had been received.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4903156/Pacific-earthquake-jolts-New-Zealand
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Reference Number: 3499092
NZST: Tue, Apr 19 2011 1:02 am
Magnitude: 6.4
Depth: 33 km
Details: 440 km north-east of Te Araroa
http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html
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Well, this has been fun to monitor... first listed as 6.7MAG, 8.4 m depth, then reduced to 6.1 MAG, 80 km depth... then 6.2... now 6.6... now 60km depth.... I don't normally use this expression but - WTF?
Meanwhile, live seismic servers are all but flat, as they have been for some time now. Getting fed up with all this fluctuating info. Can't think it's all just down to error.
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1311Z 18 APR 2011
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 1303Z 18 APR 2011
COORDINATES - 34.3 SOUTH 180.0 EAST
DEPTH - 33 KM
LOCATION - SOUTH OF KERMADEC ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 6.7
Tsuunami advisory:
http://2008alerts.blogspot.com/
Quake Info:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/index.php?filter=no&min_mag=4&view=1
