large earthquake rocked New Zealand’s North Island on Tuesday night but no damage has been reported. The long, rumbling quake was upgraded to magnitude-7 soon after it struck off the west coast at 2036 AEST. It was centred 60km southwest of Opunake in Taranaki at depth of 230km, GNS Science said. Advertisement: Story continues below It was followed by a smaller aftershock.There was no tsunami warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre. A Fire Service central communications spokesman told NZ Newswire there were a number of calls but no reports of damage. Police also received no reports of damage, and a central police spokesman said there was no spike in calls. The quake was felt hundreds of kilometres away in the Bay of Plenty and Christchurch. It sparked a lot of comment on Twitter, but no-one reported serious damage or injury. The quake hit nearly 17 months after Christchurch’s February 22 disaster which killed 185 people. Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/env...orth-island-20120703-21fm6.html#ixzz1zagkC1wk
I'm in Wellington and it was the biggest earthquake I've felt. My thoughts were: - Oh, an earthquake. - It's lasting a bit longer than normal. - And getting stronger. - Time to get up. Then the strongest part of the shaking began. Knocked a few books off the bookshelf.
that is crazy ... we got hit by one last year here on Long Island ... http://www.longislandpress.com/2010/11/30/earthquake-hits-off-coast-of-long-island/ it was small but since LI never gets shit like this and I felt it and it made shit wobble like u was dizzy I was like WTF brah so anything that big must be intense for the first time or second or third haha
wow ... I wanna visit some day but that is nuts !!! then again I have been to Cali over 40 times now so its not too scary if its not often