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 05/03/2006 01:09:16 PM · #1
For New Zealand- 8.1 EQ off Tonga.
 05/03/2006 01:11:37 PM · #2
Yer....I was just reading about this in news web site! That's huge!
 05/03/2006 01:11:48 PM · #3
Hope everyones gona be alright
 05/03/2006 01:14:24 PM · #4
Ack! Get away from the coastlines!
 05/03/2006 01:18:19 PM · #5
We have a few NZ members don't we? It's 12.17 am here in Thailand so it must be later in NZ - they must be in bed and know nothing.
 05/03/2006 01:19:43 PM · #6
Hawaii too???
 05/03/2006 01:21:05 PM · #7
can someone call Kiwiness and the others? Just in case?
 05/03/2006 01:22:23 PM · #8
my nightmare came true
 05/03/2006 01:22:50 PM · #9
info here
05/03/2006 01:24:04 PM · #10
AP-WA--Tsunami URGENT,0031
PALMER, Alaska (AP) - The tsunami warning center in Palmer,
Alaska, says the south Pacific quake near Tonga will NOT generate a
damaging tsunami on the West Coast, British Columbia or Alaska.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-05-03-06 1235EDT
 05/03/2006 01:26:14 PM · #11
It's 3.25 m here in Australia so it's 5.25 am in NZ, couldn't find any info about the East Coast of Australia, didn't understand that link.
 05/03/2006 01:26:52 PM · #12
Yup.. Just read it on BBC.
Hopefully it won't be anything too serious.
 05/03/2006 01:29:37 PM · #13
Breaking on Sky News

''US Geological Society:- Tsunami warning SHOULD be taken seriously''
 05/03/2006 01:30:09 PM · #14
Originally posted by keegbow:
It's 3.25 m here in Australia so it's 5.25 am in NZ, couldn't find any info about the East Coast of Australia, didn't understand that link.


OK just had a better look at the maps, the Pacific Islands look they will be worst hit, Fiji, Vanuatu and Solomon islands.
 05/03/2006 01:32:36 PM · #15
//www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg

Link for Hawaii warning.
 05/03/2006 01:45:17 PM · #16
5.42 here in NZ vaguely heard something on the radio but thought it was related to pacific islands not us YIKES!
Up early cause i heard last night that my daughters Pippin leader died a woman in her thirties who just got married and has kids. Woke up early just could'nt stop thinking about it and now this "(
 05/03/2006 01:46:01 PM · #17
Just heard NZ has been dropped of the list of countries with Tsunami warnings
 05/03/2006 01:48:24 PM · #18
Good, seems like they are downgrading it from a warning to an advisory.
 05/03/2006 01:49:01 PM · #19
AP-Pacific-Quake URGENT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Concerns about a tsunami in the
aftermath of a powerful South Pacific quake have eased. An official
in New Zealand reports ocean-monitoring devices haven't detected
any signs of a tsunami. And the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is
canceling its tsunami warning.


(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

AP-NY-05-03-06 1346EDT
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