From GeoNet
The blogosphere in New Zealand is full of news on the large earthquake which struck Christchurch in the early hours of this morning. ‘On the garden wall‘ blog from Christchurch reports that they were woken awake and have been feeling aftershocks for most of the day. Also from the South Island, ‘The Far Side of the World‘ also reports on their experience this morning. And ‘My guide to surviving and enjoying life’s mundane‘ shares what happened in their household this morning. Heather from Kiwi Travel Writer has been busy capturing the damage with her camera and William Knight of ‘This New Zealand Life‘ provides a round up of what the press is reporting.
And expat bloggers have also been reporting:
Juli Ryan of Wellington Road – Earthquake in New Zealand
Avalon’s blog reports ‘Major earthquake hits Christchurch 🙁‘
New views of New Zealand reports ‘Earthquake‘
Practically Perfect reports on ‘Earthquake in New Zealand‘
Don and Angela in New Zealand provide an update on the earthquake with some interesting information from a science perspective on the fault-line.
Here at Chez Lee, in Wellington, only Dan felt the faint rumblings from Christchurch. We all slept through it – which just proves that I am actually getting some deep sleep (even though I don’t feel like it most mornings!). A few fellow Wellingtonians were woken by the shaking, as M.N.M.’s movingly report and one friend said her young daughter screamed out wildly in her sleep about 15 minutes prior to the earthquake, which woke her up. I’ve heard of some people feeling ultra-low frequency waves, exhibiting the sensitivity that animals possess and most humans have lost. An old boss of mine jumped off her seat mid-meeting once in a state of heightened anxiety – a few moments later there was an earthquake!
Well, our thoughts are with everyone affected and hope the after-shocks abate soon – as it all sounds very frightening indeed x
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Keep Safe! We’ve landed in Auckland and learnt of the Christchurch earthquake. Good thing theres not casualties
Very frightening for folks down there. We have friends whose families are all sleeping in the one room in case of more shocks tonight.
It must be terrifying, I know just the thought of it, with children to care for, fills me with dread. I always think if the overdue ‘big one’ struck Wellington I’d hope it was at night when all the family is together, the thought of not being able to contact my children and husband is not something I would want to dwell on.
My heart goes out to the people of Christchurch. Sarah x
Glad to hear that you are all ok. It brings home just how much we are all at the mercy of nature. Thank you for collecting all those links, it made it easy to get a fuller picture of what happened. Thank goodness there were no fatalities.
my prayers and thoughts go out to those in Chch
I cried when I watched the News last night
I have been in smaller earthquakes and hate them
B15s granddad felt it in Timaru too
Thank you very much for the link love. I actually didn’t think that much of the quake at first. Then I got lots of e-mails from friends in the U.S. and the U.K. And I remembered that a 7 is a REALLY big earthquake. It’s definitely at matter of being prepared for the Big One in Wellington, because it’s not if, it’s when. xx
It looks terrifying from the pictures and reading people’s accounts makes me happy we just felt a rumble up the valley here. I still can’t quite believe that there was any loss of life. Thank goodness for earthquake strengthening. Makes you check your earthquake kit that’s for sure.