Earthquake In New Zealand

Earthquake In New Zealand Hits, Just As Harold Camping Predicted?; Magnitude 5.8 - KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND 2011 May:
New Zealand's Kermadec Islands saw a 6.1 earthquake, but did Harold Camping accurately predict?

While Harold Camping’s proclamation of the rapture coming May 21, 2011, it’s safe to say we have all survived. We did not see Judgement Day and most families today are thankfully still making plans for the school and work week ahead.

Most people jokingly referred to the world ending on Facebook and Twitter but went on with their regular schedules. While some had end of the world parties, while others made end of the world confessions, radio DJs played R.E.M.’s “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It” about a million times.

But still no doomsday.

Yet one of Camping’s prophecies has come true. New Zealand did have an earthquake today according to the United States Geological Service.

USC reports that a 6.1 earthquake occurred on the the islands of Kermadec:

    The 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck the uninhabited islands on Sunday at 9 a.m., New Zealand time. The islands are about 500 miles northeast of New Zealand’s North Island.

Since the islands are about 500 miles northeast, the quake clearly did no damage to the North Island.

So while some may think that Camping’s earthquake prediction for New Zealand did kinda come true, there’s two things wrong with it.

Magnitude    5.8
Date-Time   

    Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 21:17:00 UTC
    Sunday, May 22, 2011 at 09:17:00 AM at epicenter
    Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location    30.775°S, 178.133°W
Depth    19.8 km (12.3 miles)
Region    KERMADEC ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND
Distances    103 km (64 miles) NE of L'Esperance Rock, Kermadec Islands
169 km (105 miles) S of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
942 km (585 miles) NE of Auckland, New Zealand
1108 km (688 miles) SSW of NUKU`ALOFA, Tonga
Location Uncertainty    horizontal +/- 17.3 km (10.7 miles); depth +/- 4.9 km (3.0 miles)
Parameters    NST=271, Nph=271, Dmin=171.4 km, Rmss=1.21 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=A
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

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