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Rockin' in the Rain With the Ring November 23, 2004

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Travel story: Rockin' in the Rain With the Ring November 23, 2004

This morning we awoke in Queenstown to a particularly rocky event. In fact, it was a 7.2 earthquake! The epicenter was 140 miles south of New Zealand's South Island (in the Southern Ocean), so from Queenstown, it felt more like a 5.0.



But the quake barely registered in the news because there was no damage and no injuries. Interesting that a similar earthquake struck here in August, but due to the type of movement, it actually caused some damage. Locals said that... More

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