Hey New Zealand. How's it shakin'?

Seems they have a bit of clean up to do.... some building damage but no one was hurt.
.... all normal for the geologically active country NZ !

Lol it's all good down here =]

A bit cold though.

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Last night it was shakin' alright - we had ourselves an earthquake. Today its shakin' up nicely here. Bloody hot where I am. Its nice though. Might be able to get outside for Christmas

It's shaking only a little. We woke up thinking the cat had finally succeeded in nudging that ugly bust off the mantlepiece, but it was just a short tremble. They do make weird noises though, those quakes...

I missed it! I live in Marlborough, where they said it was felt quite well and I missed it!!!!

I did experience one in Otago in 2003 that was a 7.1, but I was a hundred or so km from it!!! AND the one in Canterbury 6.7 in 1994...that was a good shake! I saw trees swaying and felt the ground going up and down under my feet!

Sorry, this is the US site. Go to the bottom of your page (Yahoo International) and click on New Zealand. They may be able to answer from there.

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