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 .............
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> 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