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(NOAA)		Magnitude 7.8 quake strikes New Zealand (prh.noaa.gov)		109
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fudgefactor7

2009-07-15 08:16:46 AM

Probably caused by the Iranian crash.

My Baloney Has No First Name

2009-07-15 08:17:08 AM

at80eighty

2009-07-15 08:17:32 AM

dang

MugzyBrown

2009-07-15 08:17:49 AM

There's a river near my office, should I be concerned?

TPerrin

2009-07-15 08:19:12 AM

NOO NOT MIDDLE EARTH !!!!

vodka

2009-07-15 08:19:24 AM

It's not a warning, just an watch/advisory. Big difference!

Hack Patooey

2009-07-15 08:20:21 AM

Surfs up!

at80eighty

2009-07-15 08:20:23 AM

TPerrin: NOO NOT MIDDLE EARTH !!!!

ok you bastard I have the chuckles now

Cambo_

2009-07-15 08:21:33 AM

Looks like the tsunami warning was just cancelled.

CokeBear

2009-07-15 08:21:40 AM

Why does the plane crash get a "Newsflash" tag, but a 7.8 quake with Tsunami warning only get a "News" tag?

MugzyBrown

2009-07-15 08:22:44 AM

CokeBear: Why does the plane crash get a "Newsflash" tag, but a 7.8 quake with Tsunami warning only get a "News" tag?

BECAUSE NEDA DIED SO THAT IRAN COULD HAVE NEWSFLASH TAGS!

Darth Cheney

2009-07-15 08:22:46 AM

Combustible Elvis

2009-07-15 08:24:11 AM

CokeBear: Why does the plane crash get a "Newsflash" tag, but a 7.8 quake with Tsunami warning only get a "News" tag?

Because only sheep live in New Zealand, and if a few woolly sweaters get pre-shrunk no one will mind.

rnatalie

2009-07-15 08:24:17 AM

TSUNAMI warning cancelled before this even hit the main board.

DriftingJesus

2009-07-15 08:24:46 AM

I hope Bret and Jemaine are ok

meow said the dog

2009-07-15 08:24:55 AM

Cambo_: Looks like the tsunami warning was just cancelled.

Oh thank you for this information and this is the best news for the people who were having fear of the tsunami and the tidal waves.

Also I am sorry for those who have missed me these days I have been on holiday and not with access to the Fark.com. Thank you for missing me and the emails and being patient.

SushiJoe

2009-07-15 08:25:37 AM

poor sheep

vegasj

2009-07-15 08:26:59 AM

learn to swim

Oznog

2009-07-15 08:27:28 AM

Anybody else find this wording odd?

An earthquake does not lurk about and strike an area. The earthquake comes FROM the area, it is created by the area, the area is not really "struck" from an outside force or party. So "NZ creates 7.8 quake" is more like it.

jeanwearinfool

2009-07-15 08:27:35 AM

Balrog finally hit bottom?

Moray

2009-07-15 08:28:06 AM

Iran for nothing, now I feel stupid.

LonMead

2009-07-15 08:29:06 AM

A little shook up, but none the worse for wear.
writers-haven.net

OlafTheBent

2009-07-15 08:29:21 AM

Surf's up down under

FishInABowl

2009-07-15 08:31:00 AM

TPerrin: NOO NOT MIDDLE EARTH !!!!

One does not simply Tsunami into Mordor...

dougfm

2009-07-15 08:31:14 AM

They shouldn't have done this to Mother Nature
www.themercury.com.au

/I know that chick was an Aussie, big difference
//hope everybody is okay there.

Nick Nostril

2009-07-15 08:31:36 AM

And so it begins.

horonto

2009-07-15 08:32:56 AM

R.I.P. New Zealand 1958-2009

Dreury

2009-07-15 08:33:54 AM

Poor Jeff Goldblum :(

Crunch61

2009-07-15 08:34:09 AM

When will it hit the Gulf of Mexico?

Hurricane Flippy

2009-07-15 08:34:23 AM

Mother nature goes sheep tipping.

Crewmannumber6

2009-07-15 08:34:27 AM

Is the toothbrush fence alright?

Oznog

2009-07-15 08:34:42 AM

Did it get him?

GalFriday

2009-07-15 08:34:48 AM

DriftingJesus: I hope Bret and Jemaine are ok

I was just thinking the same thing!

horonto

2009-07-15 08:35:46 AM

Ok lets try that again.

R.I.P. New Zealand 1958-2009

kmp1331

2009-07-15 08:36:21 AM

Pray for FotC

Stay Cool Babylon

2009-07-15 08:36:29 AM

Oznog: Anybody else find this wording odd?

An earthquake does not lurk about and strike an area. The earthquake comes FROM the area, it is created by the area, the area is not really "struck" from an outside force or party. So "NZ creates 7.8 quake" is more like it.

Finally, I can rest easily knowing that this issue has been addressed!!

/snark

GalFriday

2009-07-15 08:36:30 AM

jeanwearinfool: Balrog finally hit bottom?

Ha!

SpyroChiro

2009-07-15 08:38:45 AM

I'm no geologicist, but that's a big farkin hurricane.

LonMead

2009-07-15 08:38:46 AM

FishInABowl: TPerrin: NOO NOT MIDDLE EARTH !!!!

One does not simply Tsunami into Mordor...

img.dailymail.co.uk

Legolas gives it a shot.

TommyDeuce

2009-07-15 08:38:51 AM

Dreury: Poor Jeff Goldblum :(

But at least he can still tweet.

/The dead can TWEET!

kmfjd

2009-07-15 08:42:24 AM

horonto: Ok lets try that again.

R.I.P. New Zealand 1958-2009
Was NZ just a state of Austria before 1958?

Hurricane Flippy

2009-07-15 08:43:59 AM

kmfjd: horonto: Ok lets try that again.

R.I.P. New Zealand 1958-2009
Was NZ just a state of Austria before 1958?

Which was part of the UK.

Charlie Freak

2009-07-15 08:46:03 AM

kmfjd: horonto: Ok lets try that again.

R.I.P. New Zealand 1958-2009
Was NZ just a state of Austria before 1958?

You know who else liked Kiwis?

Noob1ett

2009-07-15 08:46:42 AM

I didnt feel a thing here in Christchurch. Lamps shook a bit. About it

BrynnMacFlynn

2009-07-15 08:48:02 AM

LonMead: FishInABowl: TPerrin: NOO NOT MIDDLE EARTH !!!!

One does not simply Tsunami into Mordor...

Legolas gives it a shot.

Dangit, you earned me my first "Is she doing work or taking a break and reading Fark again?" look of the morning.

Kiweh

2009-07-15 08:49:10 AM

CokeBear: Why does the plane crash get a "Newsflash" tag, but a 7.8 quake with Tsunami warning only get a "News" tag?

Probably something to do with 168 people dying in the crash and no one being hurt in this. The population of Fiordland is about a dozen people and a fictional moose, it's not likely to do much damage down there.

Krizzose

2009-07-15 08:50:40 AM

but Gollum, and the evil one, crept up and slipped away herher
\herher
\\djyeeeeaaaaah

danduran

2009-07-15 08:50:46 AM

Just got home from the newsroom. Bloody hell, what a night.

Is NZ the only country which can suffer a 7.8 quake and no one get hurt?

/enjoy our tsunami, Australia

Clockin' Bee

2009-07-15 08:52:47 AM

Link To Earthquake (new window)
I trust you will all pray for Bret and Jermaine, because they could have been there.

danduran

2009-07-15 08:54:01 AM

PS. Going to bed. Too much news = too much work.

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