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It's nighttime in New Zealand so reports are scattered, but it doesn't sound good. -- (link)

Posted by Mop (221 lbs) (aka rburriel) Sep 3 '10, 11:21

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"The building just along the road from us here has been flattened - it's on the ground," (www.nzherald.co.nz)

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Some more info here -- (link) - Roger More Sep 3, 11:37
They may be lucky it happened at night, as so far the reports are of unoccupied commercial buildings being destroyed. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 11:36
Yikes. 7.4 is fairly significant, I think. (What's the highest recorded ever?) -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 11:27 7
- How quake-proofed the buildings are matters a lot, too. The one in this report probably wasn't. -- nm - con_carne Sep 3, 12:02
- "The largest recorded earthquake in the world was a magnitude 9.5 (Mw) in Chile on May 22, 1960." -- nm - JaxSean Sep 3, 11:28 4
  - yep. the one in Haiti this year was a 7.0 -- nm - decline Sep 3, 11:29 3
    - I didn't realize there was an 4.8 earthquake in Wyoming last month. -- (link) - JaxSean Sep 3, 11:30 2
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        "Doubtful many people in Wyoming", period. -- nm - Mop (221 lbs) Sep 3, 11:33
- wikip says 9.5....nm - xi Sep 3, 11:28
yikes. i retract my joking....nm - xi Sep 3, 11:27
Peter Jackson, nooooo! -- nm - safety sam Sep 3, 11:27

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