Quick, get your pants on!
by admin on Jul.19, 2010, under Uncategorized
A couple of big shakes here last night. I was watching golf on TV around 11pm when the house started to shake and creak, things fell off shelves, not unusual – BUT when the fridge started to rock I ran to the bedroom to wake Nick to get out. He was already up and trying to quickly get some pants on when it stopped! The bed had rolled halfway across the floor and he was balanced on one leg, having trouble getting his pants on due to the shaking of the floor! Very funny. This was a 6.9 shake then another one hit at 11.30. It was 7.3 – that woke him too – same scenario!
Following is report from Google news:
Strong earthquakes strike off Papua New Guinea
Two strong earthquakes struck off the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea late Sunday, a U.S. monitor said. There were no immediate reports of casualty or damage.
The first quake, a magnitude 6.9, struck around 11 p.m. local time 325 miles (525 kilometers) northeast of the capital, Port Morseby. It struck 35 miles (57 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The second, a magnitude 7.3, struck a half-hour later in the same area, at a depth of 31 miles (50 kilometers).
Indonesia issued a tsunami warning but lifted it soon after. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue an alert.
The archipelago nation is part of the Pacific Ocean’s “ring of fire,” where earthquakes of this magnitude are relatively common.
Copied these details from the earthquake site:
Magnitude 6.9
Date-Time Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 11:04:13 PM at epicenter
Location 6.116°S, 150.522°E
Depth 57.5 km (35.7 miles)
Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Magnitude 7.3
Date-Time Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 11:35:02 PM at epicenter
Location 6.019°S, 150.497°E
Depth 57.6 km (35.8 miles)
Region NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Have to admit they got my heart racing – but gave us a good laugh this morning as I described to Nick what he looked like – trying to get his pants on!
Back soon with some great photos from the mask festival – just taking me a while to decide which ones!!
