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Massive New Zealand quake moves country west
Associated Press ^
| Jul 22, 2009
| Unknown
Posted on 07/22/2009 12:52:06 PM PDT by decimon
Southern New Zealand has moved slightly closer to the east coast of neighboring Australia as a result of a massive earthquake last week off the country's South Island, a scientist said Wednesday.
The magnitude 7.8 quake, centered in the ocean near Resolution Island in the country's Fiordland region, twisted South Island out of shape and moved its southern tip 12 inches (30 centimeters) closer to Australia, seismologist Ken Gledhill said.
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TOPICS: Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: catastrophism
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posted on
07/22/2009 12:52:06 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
07/22/2009 12:52:58 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: decimon
How much energy does it take to move that much mass?
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posted on
07/22/2009 12:54:58 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: decimon
The North Island and the South Island are now closer to the West Island ???
To: Sawdring
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posted on
07/22/2009 12:57:38 PM PDT
by
shineon
To: Sawdring
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posted on
07/22/2009 12:57:41 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom King of sarcasim)
To: Sawdring
How much energy does it take to move that much mass?Uhh...uhh...I'd need to know the velocity.
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:01:55 PM PDT
by
decimon
To: Sawdring
How much energy does it take to move that much mass?We'd have to use the Michael Moore formula to find that out.
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:04:22 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
("... and if you disagree with me, then you sir, are worse than Hitler!" - Greg Gutfeld)
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:04:55 PM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: al baby
Mitch Bitros, has predicted that another larger quake will happen because of the 14-day window before and after a major eclipse. His guess is that the Cascade Range in Washington and/or the Puerto Rico Island area might be the location of the next quake. Please ping me to your list. Thanks.
To: decimon
Obviously caused by Global Warming.
To: decimon
I wouldn’t worry about taipans yet . . .long way to go !!!
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:07:36 PM PDT
by
Jeffrey_D.
(veritas odium parit)
To: dragonblustar
You mean the M&M scale? Melts in the mantle not in the crust?
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:11:29 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: decimon
(MxV)-(R)=A, if I remember correctly where, M= Mass, V= Velocity, R= Resistance.
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:12:24 PM PDT
by
Little Bill
(NH the Sixth Gay State.)
To: Sawdring
You mean the M&M scale? Melts in the mantle not in the crust? LOL!
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:12:41 PM PDT
by
dragonblustar
("... and if you disagree with me, then you sir, are worse than Hitler!" - Greg Gutfeld)
To: decimon
Holy smokes - the entire land mass moved 12 inches in one burst?!?!?!? Unreal!!!
To: Sawdring
How much energy does it take to move that much mass? F=ma
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:16:36 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: decimon
I guess we can expect to see the airfare between the two go down a bit?
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:21:04 PM PDT
by
jwparkerjr
(Palin Must GO! to the white house)
To: Talisker
We need to differentiate the acceleration with respect to time somewhere, don’t we?
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:21:14 PM PDT
by
Sawdring
To: Talisker
re: How much energy does it take to move that much mass?
F=ma
Is that Foot= mucho amounto???
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posted on
07/22/2009 1:23:32 PM PDT
by
Jeffrey_D.
(veritas odium parit)
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