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Alarmed Kiwis were rushing to stockpile food and refuel their cars yesterday over fears a major quake could batter the country on December 13.

Nigel Antony Gray made the chilling premonition on Facebook warning his fellow countrymen to remain vigilant as he was “treating [the threat] seriously”.

But experts have dismissed his claims as they say it is not possible to predict earthquakes.

His shock warning comes a month after he correctly predicted an earthquake that claimed the lives of two people on November 14.

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In a post on his Facebook page he wrote: “On November 6 I predicted a quake would occur on November 14 – and it happened.

“I have predicted another quake here on December 13 and since my prediction there have been a lot of things happening that correlate to that date.”

Last time Mr Gray said the “largest supermoon this century” was to blame for the monster quake.

Buildings were destroyed and many left injured after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck north of Christchurch last month.

Now he believes the quakes are being caused by “man-made geo-engineering weapons”.

Writing last week, he added: “This morning our Prime Minister has suddenly announced he is stepping down on December 12 – the day before my prediction quake.

“He give the reason of ‘retiring’ and ‘traveling’.

“Come to your own conclusions as to how much coincidence this is, but I am treating it seriously.”

Massive queues formed outside petrol stations in Gisborne, in northeast New Zealand, as fearful preppers took the eerie prediction to heart.

Adele Maynard said she was sitting in a queue of about 60 cars at a BP garage.

She said: “We hear there has been an earthquake warning put out.

"On top of the power cut, prepare for everything I suppose. Just to make sure our cars are all ready just in case we have to leave."

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Ashley Wawatai was also among the doom headers topping up her tank and stocking up on food.

Speaking of Gray’s prediction, she said: “He's caused quite a stir-up on Facebook because he's the one who predicted the Kaikoura earthquake so now he's given us a warning.

“After this outage, I think people are getting a bit scared and preparing for everything.

“The main thing is to be prepared because the power is going to be out for so many days."

Funnily enough GNS Science said the chance of a massive quake hitting central New Zealand has risen in a blog post today.

However, the likelihood is still said to be slim.

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Dr Jon Ristau, of GNS, said there are a range of possibilities in government earthquake forecasts.

He said: “It's not possible to predict earthquakes. No one has successfully predicted an earthquake and many have tried."

Gray, 55, is a painter and decorator from Takapau in Central Hawke's Bay.

He launched his Weather Modification Watch New Zealand to make his initial prediction last month – and it went nuclear.

Speaking to The Country, he said he wasn’t trying to be the “next Nostradamus”.

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He said: "I wasn't trying to [create a] media sensation or anything like that, I just saw the indicators [and] the fact there was a supermoon.

"I think most people realise that the moon affects the tides and so forth and that when the moon's that close, of course it's going to have more influence on the planet.”

Experts were quick out the blocks to debunk his supermoon theory.

But there are fears the next supermoon – scheduled to appear tonight – could have similar effects on the planet.