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Pretty
impressive, RT! . Reported within 30 minutes from half a world away.
Beat BBC and CNN to the story.
It was a pretty strong, and long quake, here in Wellington.
6.3
earthquake strikes New Zealand
RT,
24
April, 2015
A
strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake has hit 40 kilometers off the New
Zealand town of Kaikoura, GeoNet reports. Witnesses reported feeling
tremors as far as Auckland.
Stuff.co.nz News
BREAKING: A magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck inland from Kaikoura. Did you feel it? #eqnz
The
earthquake was clearly felt in the cities of Wellington and
Christchurch.
The
quake centered in Nelson region at the depth of 80 kilometers,
according to GeoNet. The US Geological Survey, meanwhile, reported a
lower magnitude of 5.9 at the epicenter.
There were no immediate reports of any major damage caused by the quake; however, local public transport services were temporarily halted.
Anna Rae Taunton
That was a long Earthquake! 6.3, 40km north west of kaikoura 76km deep. I picked up my daughter so fast and ran for the doorway #earthquake
The
power of the earthquake’s tremors knocked food items from their
shelves in the stores and set off alarms.
Locals
reported that the temblor lasted longer than usual, forcing houses to
creak, which caused some people to panic.
GNS
Science spokeswoman Caroline Little said the quake was labelled
as “strong.”
“We've
classed it as a strong quake so a small amount of structural damage,
but more likely things falling off shelves and that sort of
thing,” she
said.
amanda
OMG THERE WAS A 6.4 EARTHQUAKE IN KAIKOURA AND WE FELT IT IN CHCH I HOPE EVERYONES OK THERE
Little
warned that some aftershocks are to be expected.
“The
general rule of thumb with aftershocks is they'll be up to one
magnitude less than the main shock, so we might have some fives and
fours and threes as well,” she
said.
Kaikoura’s
store manager, James Hills, described the chaos in his shop after the
quake hit.
“Fair
bit of panic - get out of the shop, everything was falling off the
shelves.
There's been a little bit of damage, certainly not heaps, but yeah, there's a lot of stuff fallen over.”
There's been a little bit of damage, certainly not heaps, but yeah, there's a lot of stuff fallen over.”
“Well,
initially, we were up on the second floor and felt a slight movement,
we thought, 'that's okay, that's it,' so we just took our seats, then
it came on - to me, it was a rolling motion, quite firm, quite
solid,” Kaikoura's
mayor, Winston Gray, told Radio New Zealand News, adding that there
were some reports of minor damage throughout the city.
DETAILS
TO FOLLOW
'Buildings sway' as 'severe' 6.2 quake strikes top of South Island
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