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New Zealand sceptics defy 'Moon-man' quake prophecy

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Ken Ring, a quasi mystic mathematician known as the "Moon-man", claims he predicted last month's 6.3 magnitude quake by studying the moon and has warned another tremor will rock New Zealand's second largest city on March 20.

So far 166 people have been confirmed killed in February's disaster, although police have said they expect the figure to rise to more than 200.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011