Who felt the earthquake just now? (20 December)

**Babelfish** · 20th December 2007, 20:15

Rip snorter aright, havent felt one of those since I left okland

**dhunt** · 20th December 2007, 20:18

Yip was pretty impressive here as well (New Plymouth).

**Mikkel** · 20th December 2007, 20:21

Originally Posted by Zukin

Here in Hawkes Bay at 8.58ish

A good rolling one

That would have been me rocking here in Christchurch!

Most likely one of the Guns'n'roses tunes...

**RC1** · 20th December 2007, 20:24

didnt feel nothing in the village

**sunhuntin** · 20th December 2007, 20:25

good here in wangas... started off gentle... thought it was just me rocking slightly... then it got a bit bigger. no damage here.

**James Deuce** · 20th December 2007, 20:28

I don't like Earthquakes. I'm from Auckland. The kids who were born here didn't notice it.

**PirateJafa** · 20th December 2007, 20:28

Originally Posted by Zukin

Who felt the earthquake justnow

Man, and I thought she was talking to me.

**pzkpfw** · 20th December 2007, 20:29

Stuff says phones down, and damage, in Gisborne.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4331258a10.html

I love 'em - but would think differently if it was my stuff damaged, I supose.

**ceebie13** · 20th December 2007, 20:29

Fark! I thought for a mo it was 8.9, then I realised my laptop was upside down!

**Coyote** · 20th December 2007, 20:31

Originally Posted by Slingshot

That's because Wellington isn't actually on a fault line, it's a myth created by the reserve bank & the Labour government.

Really? Is there one nearby at least?

Or am I just being gullible?

**ceebie13** · 20th December 2007, 20:32

Just lifted from Stuff:

The quake, which was more powerful than the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, was centred 50 kilometres south of Gisborne at a depth of 40 kilometres. The Edgecumbe quake was much shallower than tonight's quake.
Telephones in the Gisborne area are currently down.
The earthquake was strongly felt in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and as far north as Wellington.

I think they need a geography lesson!

**sunhuntin** · 20th December 2007, 20:34

Originally Posted by ceebie13

Just lifted from Stuff:

The quake, which was more powerful than the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, was centred 50 kilometres south of Gisborne at a depth of 40 kilometres. The Edgecumbe quake was much shallower than tonight's quake.
Telephones in the Gisborne area are currently down.
The earthquake was strongly felt in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and as far north as Wellington.

I think they need a geography lesson!

where the hell do they think gisbourne is?? LOL

**Bren** · 20th December 2007, 20:35

so Gizzy is in the south Island? news to me!

**Conquiztador** · 20th December 2007, 20:35

From stuff:

"The quake, which was more powerful than the 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake, was centred 50 kilometres south of Gisborne at a depth of 40 kilometres. But the Edgecumbe quake was much shallower than tonight's quake.

Telephones in the Gisborne area are currently down.

The earthquake was strongly felt in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and as far north as Wellington."

"Far north as Wellington"? (when the centre was in Gisborne) Must have done some serious damage to NZ...