It must be tough to be perfect!!! And Happy Easter Don, looks like you have an
excellent chance of winning that April prediction Contest.

IGNS is reporting the following earthquake today:

Source:

http://www.gns.cri.nz/news/earthquakes/index.html

Reference Number: 1859925/G
Universal Time: 2002 Mar 31 12:16
Latitude, Longitude: 40.44°S 176.63°E
Focal Depth: 17 km
Richter Magnitude: 3.5
20 km south of Porangahau
Probably felt in the Porangahau area

Don's April contest forecast had been for an event of Ml 3.0-4.2
Within 65 km of 40.2S 176.6E on March 31 +/- 2 days.

This event is at the exact center of his time window, within 25 km of the forecast
Epicenter and within the magnitude limits set. A near-perfect forecast. It'll
Be a chore to beat this one, but good luck to the other contestants, anyway.

Don's original forecast was (#14100):

http://www.earthwaves.org/wwwboard/messages/14100.html

Re: New contest, Wallingford, New Zealand.
Posted by Don In Hollister on March 25, 2002 at 13:56:09:

In Reply to: New contest posted by Roger Hunter on March 25, 2002 at 13:16:17:

Hi Roger. Okay I'll start it.

Looking for a 3.0 to 4.2 quake 40.2S/176.6E. This about 1Km north of Wallingford, New Zealand.

Should occur on 03/31/2002. The window will open on 03/29/2002 and will close on 04/02/2002.

The radius for this will be 65Km. Take Care…Don in creepy town

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