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by **kafenes** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:36 am

At around 6:30 this morning a big thump woke me up. I thought at first I was dreaming but now I find out is was an earthquake somewhere between Turkey and Rhodes. Must have been a big one.

by **skyvet** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:42 am

I've been up since about 4.30am this morning, but didn't feel anything this end of the island.

by **CBBB** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:42 am

6.4 apparently.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec ... 08umai.php

by **roseandchan** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:59 am

rhodes but nobody hurt the news said. all greek islands in the area affected i think. didn't feel anything here in the north.

by **perdike** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:02 am

We are on some kind of earthquake faultline here in NZ, and when I did my induction course some years ago at the hospital where I work, we were told that our region is due for the "big one" any time now, and in the case of it happening, we staff were to abandon the patients (leave them to be saved by the emergerncy services) and get ourselves to safety, so as to be of more use later on . . . . . no doubt logical, but not very comforting on the occasions I have been an in-patient in same hospital!!!