NZFF

So who felt it? - I did here in Tauranga - long rolling one. 6.8 centered near Gisborne - apparently there is some major damage in Gizzy. Hope nobody is hurt

Just seen it on One News now...pretty big stuff by the look of it - quite a bit of damage. Initial reports say no one is hurt, which is a good thing.

Oh, and I didn't feel it down here

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story....jectid=10483633
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1316907/1517721
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4331258a10.html
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/071220/3/3dco.html

Making the international news as well:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/...e.ap/index.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/i...L20976720071220

Certainly rocked our world here in PNth.

Woke my eldest daughter up but daughter number two slept through the whole thing.

Naki wrote:

QUOTE (Naki @ Dec 20 2007, 10:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

So who felt it? - I did here in Tauranga - long rolling one. 6.8 centered near Gisborne - apparently there is some major damage in Gizzy. Hope nobody is hurt

In Palmerston North we definitely felt it. Had a LONG lead-in with rumbling but no real movement, then all of a sudden the moving started and hung around. Felt like being on a small rowboat in moderate water. Didn't realise there was damage.

I felt it here in Christchurch, felt like I was standing within 50m of a train passing by. But then I was sitting in a quiet room watching my flight. My wife watching tv on the couch in the lounge didn't notice it Would loved to have been in Gisborne! (under something solid)

Nothing here in Auckland- I've been working overnight stacking shelves and only just found out about this on the radio driving home!

yeh felt it very strongly in Upper Hutt here

I didnt feel anything. Then again, I was asleep like a rock all night. My huge CRT monitor didnt come crashing to the floor, so it cant have been bad.

Dident get anything here in the Naki but I watched the news report and there was a few shops in the city center badly damaged

Welt in the hills of Welly (I live with in 2Km of the main New Zealand fault line )
Anyways it was really strong as was downstairs sitting on a bean bag (watching a Scrubs DVD) and move around to get in a better position and put my hand over where my stomach is and felt this shaking and thought it was my heart beat and then looked around for anything on a standing or hanging etc. to check for movement and saw my 1:200 A380 model shaking. (P.S. the best earthquake detectors are toilets)

Kelburn wrote:

QUOTE (Kelburn @ Dec 21 2007, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

P.S. the best earthquake detectors are toilets

That is very true, just take a look in the bowl and if the water is 'pulsing' its an earthquake

Yea, we felt it over here as well. It wasn't so obvious, but it was there. It was just like a truck going by, for about 15 seconds...

Alex

What time was it?

About 8:55pm

Felt it here in HN was sitting in the la-z-boy and felt my mates place shake a bit only lasted a few seconds and Im certain it wasn't any of us in the house farting either hahahaha.

SQ350

I felt it here, thought it was a passing truck. Also that one last night, about half past twelve wasn't it, was it 3.4, 3 something, whatl it be tonight.

Thanks
James