NZ quake

[Popoki_Nui]

Rather nasty earthquake in Aotearoa, especially near Gisborne. I hope all you NZ women are ok. Do check in and let us know!

~Sherry.

[IFjane]

I saw it on CNN. Ditto here - please check in and let us know you are ok!

[RoadRaven]

Well. We're ok.
I am just out of Napier, quite a bit south of Gisborne (about 4hours drive-time). We felt it big time here. We wondered if Mt Ruapehu (Lake Taupo, central North Island) was errupting. We have a weight machine (you know, like in a gym) on the deck and as i watched it rock back and forth I seriously wondered if it was going to tip off! The quake lasted about a minute here.

As for Gisborne... the quake was 6.8 on the Richter Scale and centred 50km off shore and only 40km deep - so almost right underneath the city!
... and a "state of emergency" has been declared in Gisborne

My daughter rang her bf whose family live in Gisborne and he had already been in touch with them and they had wondered if their house was going to fall down but they were ok.

In the news this morning (I am watching film now - hand held cameras and shop security footage) a couple of buildings have collapsed, many buildings are damaged - lost roofs, broken chimneys. Major damge to goods in shops with products strewn and broken on floors.

No deaths or serious injuries from it, although 15 people have been treated for minor cuts etc. All non-serious patients in hospital have been discharged as the hospital has sustained some damage as well.

Thank you for thinking of us DownUnder

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1320238/1517941
Brief story, but also video links on this page

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/423466/1517721

[MillieNZ]

Well. We're ok.
I am just out of Napier, quite a bit south of Gisborne (about 4hours drive-time). We felt it big time here. We wondered if Mt Ruapehu (Lake Taupo, central North Island) was errupting. We have a weight machine (you know, like in a gym) on the deck and as i watched it rock back and forth I seriously wondered if it was going to tip off! The quake lasted about a minute here.

As for Gisborne... the quake was 6.8 on the Richter Scale and centred 50km off shore and only 40km deep - so almost right underneath the city!
... and a "state of emergency" has been declared in Gisborne

My daughter rang her bf whose family live in Gisborne and he had already been in touch with them and they had wondered if their house was going to fall down but they were ok.

In the news this morning (I am watching film now - hand held cameras and shop security footage) a couple of buildings have collapsed, many buildings are damaged - lost roofs, broken chimneys. Major damge to goods in shops with products strewn and broken on floors.

No deaths or serious injuries from it, although 15 people have been treated for minor cuts etc. All non-serious patients in hospital have been discharged as the hospital has sustained some damage as well.

Thank you for thinking of us DownUnder

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1320238/1517941
Brief story, but also video links on this page

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/423466/1517721

Was just going to PM you and see how you were..... Glad to hear you are ok....

Nothing felt here in Auckland............ My Aunt who flew out from the UK on Wednesday had her first quake in Taupo They were fine, they also thought that the mountain had blown again ....

i work for a department store chain which has a store in the CBD in Gisborne and that has suffer extensive damage to walls and floor, but suprisingly not the roof ! a lot of the stock has been damaged/ Thankfully no one was seriously injured which is the main thing ....

We're off Boxing day to the region for a holiday so packing our emergency survival kit just in case

[RoadRaven]

Yeah... I was about to PM you to Millie, I remembered you were off to Gizzy... hopefully most of the clean up has happened by the time you get there - it seems they are in 'super-fast' mode because with primary schools finishing today, they are expecting an influx of tourists from tonight/tomorrow

At least you will be there after the initial clean-up has happened
The back-up sewrage systems are up and running and phones are in operation... so thats a good sign

Def take a few extra cans of food and maybe some bottled water just to leave tucked in the corner of your boot.

Enjoy that beach - I'm looking forward to getting up there again next year for the East Coast Champs (and this time I WILL compete)

[Trek420]

I hope everyone's ok. Aftershocks? 6.8 is quite a quake.