Yahoo News is reporting that a tremor took place north of New Zealand
under the Pacific. Hope none of our comrades were affected. (Did you
lose any bottles, St. Helier?)

Dan-O

"Dan The Man" wrote .............

Yahoo News is reporting that a tremor took place north of New Zealand
under the Pacific. Hope none of our comrades were affected. (Did you
lose any bottles, St. Helier?)

Thanks for the concern Dan.

Actually, NZ is on the south side of the Pacific "Rim of Fire" - lots of
volcanoes (literally thousands inactive, but many very active.)

Auckland city is built over a relatively active volcanic field (last major
eruption about 1,000 years ago) - it is not a matter of "if" there will be
another eruption - but "when"!

Coupled with that is the fact that several major fault lines run in / around
/ through the country - Capital; city Wellington is built on a major fault,
and a biggie is overdue.

This one occurred several hundred miles to the north - we had no effects
whatever - didn't even raise a ripple on my glass (Shingle Peak Sauvignon
Blanc - served with lightly fried fish - yummm!)

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st.helier