I then thought, oh, if it's this bad here, it must be really bad elsewhere. I was right, and luckily for NZ elsewhere happened to be in the remotest, least populated part of the country, so the 7.8 on the Richter Scale quake which hit at Dusky Sound has done very little damage. We're a lucky country.
Here's what it looked like from GeoNet at the closest drum to Dunedin.
I can do without that kind of Rock n Roll, thanks.
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Never felt a thing ... what time was it? Maybe it wasn't strong enough to be felt in Canterbury although I suspect it would have been
I felt it while at the movies in chch but only mildly - i thought it might have been special effects from another movie!
Dave, the big city clocks stopped at just before 9.25pm so all the town's clock fixers were busy yesterday.
Rachael, that would have been great if you were watching something involving roller coasters or high speed car chases.
Don't you just love the way they are saying on the news not to be complacent, that this was NOT the "big one" after all, that in fact it will probably trigger off the big one (the Alpine Fault) :-|
They're so comforting, PC.
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