quake
A 6.8 magnitude (40km deep) earthquake hit the Gisborne area tonight, at 9pm. It even made the dutch news: “strong quake hits New Zealand”, but Gisborne is over 400km from where we are. We only felt the lightest trembling; only after we were told about the earthquake we realised the shaking wasn’t caused by the wind (it’s quite usual for our house, which is on top of a hill on Wellington’s South Coast, to shake).
Gisborne suffered material damage but no casualties were reported so far. Houses and interiors were damaged, the phone system is out, etcetera. Even in Lower Hutt, which is only minutes north of Wellington, alarm installations were triggered by the quake.
Which reminds me that we should make sure that our heavy furniture is securely attached to a wall, and that our emergency supplies (plenty of water in containers, cans of food, etcetera) are complete.
