Brazil World Cup 2014 results being predicted on the nightly local TV news channel has been a bit of a disaster, to the point where they decided it might be a good idea to “axe” Prediction Chicken 2.
(Above): Prediction Chicken 2 unmistakeably pecking, re-pecking and continuously pecking at the red ball to indicate that England would beat Uruguay. Oops.
So, without a TV chicken around any longer, Ma Nature decided, at 7:46 this morning to give us an alternative: Eketahuna (colloquially “I have a Chicken”) at Magnitude 4.9 followed by a series of milder tremors, which we did not feel.
(Above): Geonet data at 8:00 am this morning.
Mail Online has reported: “…A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck near Eketahuna. According to GeoNet figures, the quake was centred 10 kilometres east of Eketahuna at 7.46am on Thursday.
It had a depth of 32km and its intensity has been described as moderate, with more than 1500 people reporting they had felt the quake. Many took to Twitter to say they had been rattled by the morning quake.
Palmerston North resident Michael Gemmell said he experienced a strong tremor. "Sharp solid earthquake felt in palmy #eqnz," he tweeted.
Wairarapa-based coffee roasters Machiatto NZ said Tauweru was also shaken."Wooaah!! sharp jolt here just now in Tauweru! #eqnz".
A magnitude 6.2 quake rattled the area on 20 January 2014, prompting more than 400 claims to the Earthquake Commission after damaging buildings…”
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