Ruh Roh...........

[AussieDodger]

http://skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=352613

A tsunami warning has been issued for the south east coast of Australia following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake off New Zealand's South Island.

The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre has declared a potential threat to New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands.

The epicentre of the undersea quake was located about 160km west of the city of Invercargill, on South Island, at a depth of 33 kilometres, USGS reported.

The quake struck at 8.22pm (1922 AEST).

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning, saying, 'An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicentre within minutes to hours.'

The centre added it was not immediately known if a tsunami had been generated.

Geez Australia is a nice place, February = mega-fire, July = tsunami. Won't get us though.

[Inukchuk]

How far do you live from that coast?

[AussieDodger]

How far do you live from that coast?

1 1/2 - 2 hours, far enough that it won't get anywhere near us.

[Inukchuk]

[Yoda]

Are you still alive AD?

[AussieDodger]

Are you still alive AD?

Glug glug etc.

I'll be interested to see what actually shows up.
Some weather guy was just on Sky News saying "It won't wipe out coastal towns, don't worry."

I'm surprised it is only sending water to Australia and (apparently) nothing at all to New Zealand, which it was only 160 kms from. Where as Aust. is 2000+ km west.

[acsguitar]

What time Eastern US can we expect it to hit?

NM Looks like you are good

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... =australia

[StlSluggers]

They canceled this warning, right?

[AussieDodger]

They canceled this warning, right?

Yeah. What a let down.

[urbanbreez]

http://skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=352613

A tsunami warning has been issued for the south east coast of Australia following a magnitude 7.8 earthquake off New Zealand's South Island.

The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre has declared a potential threat to New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands.

The epicentre of the undersea quake was located about 160km west of the city of Invercargill, on South Island, at a depth of 33 kilometres, USGS reported.

The quake struck at 8.22pm (1922 AEST).

The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning, saying, 'An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate a destructive tsunami that can strike coastlines in the region near the epicentre within minutes to hours.'

The centre added it was not immediately known if a tsunami had been generated.

Geez Australia is a nice place, February = mega-fire, July = tsunami. Won't get us though.

Sunny 95 degrees here in Southern California. Move here.