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Physics of a tsunami

By 6000 | 6000 | March 11, 2011

With my parents still in New Zealand and on the coast in Greymouth (in the direct line for any tsunami emanating from the Honshu earthquake) I was reading around the speed of Tsunamis with some personal interest. However, I didn’t have to, since the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center [sic] has all the predicted “hit” times [...]

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Quotes from Christchurch

By 6000 | 6000 | February 24, 2011

The Christchurch earthquake and its aftermath have been undeniably tragic. Boston.com’s always impressive The Big Picture has probably the best collection of photos of the devastation, but they’ve been justifiably beamed around the world so many times that you’ve probably seen a lot of them already. My Mum and Dad are touring New Zealand at [...]

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Did the earth move for you in 2005?

By 6000 | 6000 | April 22, 2010

The chatter in Gauteng is (possibly) all about last night’s Gauteng earthquake/tremor which, it turns out, wasn’t in Gauteng at all. It measured 2.8 on the Richter scale and twitter was instantly ablaze with the thought that the Daily Star’s prophecy might actually have come true, although of course a quick look at this page [...]

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Call off the World Cup!

By 6000 | 6000 | April 13, 2010

…and evacuate the country! Because, after much seismic activity around the globe this year, it seems that an expert has predicted the country is almost certain to be hit by a major natural disaster.  And it could strike during this summer’s footie tournament!!!!!! Yes, expert Dr Chris Hartnady thinks SA is about to be hit by an [...]

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Quake it up baby now

By 6000 | 6000 | April 7, 2010

Apologies if you have just experienced that minor tsunami off the Atlantic Seaboard. I was just doing some sit-ups and I sneezed. I do hope Camps Bay and its infamous residents are all ok. Of course, this happens to the best of us. Take Deepak Chopra who was meditating on Shiva mantra and accidentally caused a 7.2 [...]

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