On Apr 29, 11:01 am, Weatherlawyer wrote:

2008/04/28
6.0 M. 15:58; 58.7 S. 24.7 W. South Sandwich Islands region.
5.0 M. 15:31. 58.4 S. 24.7 W. South Sandwich Islands region.

So that means some storm is about to run out of steam; eh?

What tropical would that be then?

Could they mean these.
Google News Alert for: tornado:

Tornado rips through Virginia, 200 injured: officials
AFP -
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Virginia on
Monday, causing about 200 injuries and damaging homes, authorities
said. ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) — A tornado ripped through southeastern Virginia on
Monday, causing about 200 injuries and damaging homes, authorities
said.
"Suffolk looks to be hardest hit," said Bob Spieldenner, spokesman for
the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, referring to the city
in the southeast corner of the state.

"They are estimating somewhere around 200 injuries."
A local hospital was also hit but was still able to receive patients,
he said.
Local television footage showed houses blown apart and trees cut down
by the tornado.

The twister had hit other south-central counties along the border of
North Carolina on Monday afternoon but the extent of the damage was
difficult to ascertain with the onset of nightfall, Spieldenner said.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5...gXkxjpwVAcKI_w

Storm stories: Tales from Monday's Hampton Roads tornado

http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/stor...days-hampton-r...

Families cope with losses after tornado touches down in Suffolk

http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/...042808_storm_s...

Tornado Rips Through Local Community

http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/18353214.html

Twisters destroy homes in Virginiahttp://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/04/28/tornado.virginia/

Heavy rain across country, tornado warnings
Stuff.co.nz - New Zealand

http://stuff.co.nz/search-results.ht...ado&search_go=....

Witnesses: Tornado hits Cleveland Co.

http://news14.com/content/top_storie...-tornado-hits-...

BREAKING NEWS: Reported tornado strikes

http://www.progress-index.com/site/n...5146&BRD=2271&....

Video: Colonial Heights tornado damage

http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/state_r...eo_colonial_he...

2008/04/28
6.0 M. 15:58 58.7 S. 24.7 W. South Sandwich Islands region
5.0 M. 15:31 58.5 S. 24.7 W. South Sandwich Islands region
5.0 M. 14:33 58.6 S. 24.8 W. South Sandwich Islands region

Is it possible that the spells of tornadic weather in the US and in
New Zealand were related to this set of quakes? Not that dramatic a
parallel as NZ is some 80 degrees away and the tornadoes were all over
the place in the USA.

Some 110 degrees by my reckoning from Driver near Richmond:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&nc..._w&sa=N&tab=nl

And some 90 degrees to Gisborne, New Zealand:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&nc..._w&sa=N&tab=nl

None the less, I wouldn't mind a look at a record of tornadoes and
comparing them to accounts of quakes in the South Sandwiches.