Yesterday evening we sat on the couch watching TV. Suddenly we felt the couch moving sidewards for about 30 seconds. We looked at each other wondering if the other one also feels it or if it is just an imagination due to the beer.... It was just a slight movement but we both definitely felt it. That happened to be our first experience of an earthquake. The location of the earthquake was 50km south-east into the sea from Gisborne. Quite a distance from Christchurch... and still we could feel it. Quite amazing actually. Maybe less amazing for the people in Gisborne...some building collapsed, lots of broken glass etc. Instead of preparing for Christmas they have to clean up and some of them even have to relocate.
For more information check the following website:
http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/recent_quakes.html
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