Tray

I can so empathise with you...when we lived 10km east of Christhcurch ie Sumner it was very scary, the earthquakes & aftershocks like you said were very violent....explains why all the dogs in the area went walkabouts too

Pollyana

Looks like its the turn of the north now. Stay safe everyone

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of at least 5.3 has struck New Zealand's north island.
The tremor hit 30 kilometres west of the town of Taupo, although there have been no reports of damage or injuries.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...05/3261623.htm

BEVS

Yup. Felt it here in Mapua whilst bathing . Top of South Island. It rattled the house & set next door's wee dawgs barking. .

helinuk

yes it was felt in Wellington!

mickey_d

It was actually a 6.5!! But luckily it was very deep - 150km

RobDon

We didnt feel a thing!!

Pollyana

Seems opinions differ - which is unusual! The first report we got was Geonet with 6.5 but then the USGS came back and downgraded it. My firefox feeds are now all showing the lower figure so I don't know which is right. Be surprised at no damage if it was a 6.5 even that deep

hazeandsteve

Never felt a thing sitting on the couch in Taupo, but the next door neighbour was working in the bush and he did.
We normally get wonky pictures, mirrors etc, even when they're small, but all is squared away.
Geonet showed 6.5 at 150 when I checked after a mate texted to check on us.
Reckon it's just the Taniwha adjusting the old holster.....ahem.

love30stm

Never felt a thing! Maybe cause the earth moves regular for me

mickey_d

Deep quakes work differently to shallow ones. You don't get anywhere near as many surface waves generated as with shallow ones & the waves will project out almost in a cone shape from the point 150km down. The shaking map shows the effect very well, not many reports at its location but you can almost draw a circle around it for the majority.
http://http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3540736g-shaking.html

Pollyana

....but was it a 6.5 or a 5.3? is there a consensus on it yet? USGS are still reporting 5.3.

Snazishaz

Ok so i like the fact there is some light hearted humour here, but trust me living in christchurch aint no laughing matter. I obviously didnt do my homework when we moved here and was at work in a high rise when the big quake hit in Sep. I thought a plane had hit the building and when i was told it was an earthquake i was rather shaken, quite literally. So ok no one was killed in this one and all but few buildings survived. That was until mother nature got pissed off again in Feb, were all of the city got destroyed and people died a few of my work colleagues to be precise. People only hear about the big ones that cause death and destruction but they dont hear about the thousands of shakes we have in between, people are exhausted, many homeless, jobless and most are at breaking point. In fact many have left and many more will follow including myself eventually! I pray to god that no one every has to endure the heartache and pain that we have suffered. Although living anywhere in NZ is very much a risk thats real.

Charismatic

Having a hard time of it Snazishaz? The only places I can see that are safe in NZ(ish) are the far north and the deep south. Would rather be in Christchurch than Wellington during a big ones .

Snazishaz

Who's not having a hard time? This new normal is not good, im bailing out soon and it defo wont be wellington in fact it wont even be NZ, which is sad because i love this place and the people.

waikatoguy

I've lived in the Waikato for 50 years, and in all that time, I've felt one minor earthquake, although I lived in Wellington for a while too and felt quite a few small ones.