Actually, he's doing OK, but he'll never play the guitar ever again.
Oh wait, that's Keith Urban. I always get the two confused...
Oh wait, that's Keith Urban. I always get the two confused...
Just felt a 7.8 earthquake plus had a small tsunami
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Seriously, he's ok and he's just finishing up his valentine's card for you.
^ He's from Australia. 
New Zealand is like a whole other country or something. Don't get them riled up or I'll get yelled at again.
New Zealand is like a whole other country or something. Don't get them riled up or I'll get yelled at again.
That's a pretty accurate pie chart.
It is - and very funny, but...
This wasn't a small quake. It's a pretty big one, actually, at least by my (California) standards.
^ He's from Australia.
New Zealand is like a whole other country or something. Don't get them riled up or I'll get yelled at again.
Whose from Australia? Urban's a Kiwi.
^ He's from Australia.
New Zealand is like a whole other country or something. Don't get them riled up or I'll get yelled at again.
Whose from Australia? Urban's a Kiwi.
Keith Urban.
^ He's from Australia.
New Zealand is like a whole other country or something. Don't get them riled up or I'll get yelled at again.
Whose from Australia? Urban's a Kiwi.
Keith Urban.
Oh... got caught out when you posted under me.
That's a pretty accurate pie chart.
It is - and very funny, but...
This wasn't a small quake. It's a pretty big one, actually, at least by my (California) standards.
Say, I live in the SF Bay Area (Earthquake Capital of America). You're right; this was big. I haven't read the article yet, but hopefully there were no major damages and/or people hurt.
The epicentre is about as far from "civilisation" as you can get, in one of our national parks. The nearest towns were all resort/holiday towns, like Te Anau and Queenstown.
Much of true Middle Earth would've got a shake up. Glenorchy (which is where the elvin forests and Saraman's tower were filmed) is about 100km from the quake.
Much of true Middle Earth would've got a shake up. Glenorchy (which is where the elvin forests and Saraman's tower were filmed) is about 100km from the quake.
Could've been worse. I was in the shower when a 6.8 hit Seattle a few years back.
Trying to turn a metal doorknob with soapy hands doesn't work so well.
Trying to turn a metal doorknob with soapy hands doesn't work so well.
Last night, one of my flatmates said there was a tsunami warning for the Australian east coast.
There was a time when it could have been one massive country including also Fiji (this was before Federation)
Hope everyone is okay with the quake.
Yep married to Nicole.^ He's from Australia.
New Zealand is like a whole other country or something. Don't get them riled up or I'll get yelled at again.
There was a time when it could have been one massive country including also Fiji (this was before Federation)
Hope everyone is okay with the quake.
We've had four large aftershocks, none of which have been below 5.5.
So far only the usual supermarkets, etc.
So far only the usual supermarkets, etc.
Yeah, I shifted the map over a smidge so people would be able to see how close it was to you.
It's big, by anyone's standards, nearly an order of magnitude greater than the 1989 Loma Prieta quake which made such a mess in the San Francisco Bay Area. The difference is that this one occurred in a relatively remote area, roughly 150 kilometers/100 miles from Invercargill (population ~50,000) and on the other side of the Southern Alps (more than 50 Km) from even the nearest small town.That's a pretty accurate pie chart.
It is - and very funny, but...
This wasn't a small quake. It's a pretty big one, actually, at least by my (California) standards.
Good to hear no one was hurt. 
At least no people. But what about the animals out there in the wilderness?
At least no people. But what about the animals out there in the wilderness?
At least no people. But what about the animals out there in the wilderness?
Just speaking as Brit whose ignorant about the specifics of earthquake's, but is being out on an open plain/wilderness still quite dangerous during an earthquake?
I can imagine hills and the like being dangerous, but I can't really imagine how it would effect non-built up areas.
Well, trees can fall down, there can be landslides, and faults can open up in the ground. I suppose there could be flooding. It could even trigger a forest fire. There are a bunch of ways animals could be hurt.
The only major reports in that area are land slides, but as I said it's so remote they're not gonna send people into the unknown to check for wounded deer.
We could mobilize PETA. 
I must say, I like the idea of a country as (relatively speaking) small as New Zealand having areas that remote. Pity it's so damn far away! But then that's why it's able to still have remote areas, I suppose
