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Earthquake insurer EQC reports that damage claims from December’s magnitude 6.8 earthquake near Gisborne have passed the $24 million mark.

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A brief burst of earthquake activity occurred in the Bay of Plenty and southern Kermadec Islands last evening.

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England doesn’t often experience earthquakes, and when it does they usually occur in the southern part of the country. Today’s event occurred in the northern part of England’s “earthquake belt.”

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A major earthquake struck near Padang, Sumatra this evening, New Zealand time. The magnitude 7.3 quake was shallow and triggered a small tsunami wave.

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This morning’s deep earthquake in the Bay of Plenty was the third deep event in the bay during the past week.

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Back in the olden days, long before I threw caution to the wind and became a penniless writer, I was the owner of a small wine cellar. My cellarmaster was a long-legged black beauty who, like many of the women I know, was a stroppy wench (that should trigger a few comments and turn my glasses into contact lenses)…

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in response to the severe case of husband’s ear that I am suffering from, Wild Land will start a new category. It should be called Sunday Whimsy because Sunday is a good day to kick back and read something for fun.

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The relentless decline in the level of New Zealand’s hydro-electric storage lakes has continued, and levels have now reached those seen during February of the crisis year 1992.

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A major earthquake struck near Banda Aceh, Sumatra this evening, New Zealand time. The magnitude 7.5 earthquake was located 310 km south-south-east of Banda Aceh, Sumatra at a depth of 34 km.

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New Zealand is establishing a tsunami monitoring network, due to be completed by 2010.

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New Zealand’s hydro-electric storage lakes continued to decline during the first half of February 2008.

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A moderately strong very shallow earthquake struck offshore near Milford Sound at 6:32 this evening, Friday the 15th of February 2008. The magnitude 5.0 quake was located 60 km north-west of Milford Sound at a depth of 5 km.

The quake was felt at Frankton, Queenstown and Witherlea.

[Compiled from data provided by the Geonet project and its sponsors EQC, GNS Science and FRST.]

Tawa’s climate during January 2008 was warmer and drier than conditions recorded since 2004.

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Earthquake activity continued at an increased level. White Island, Mt Ngauruhoe, and Mt Ruapehu remained at Alert Level 1.

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New Zealand’s hydro-electric storage lakes remained at seriously low levels during January 2008.

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