On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:47 +1200, "David Mann" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Not sure if we'll make worldwide news but we've had a 7.4 earthquake > here. It struck during the night and was pretty effective at waking > me up. It was close and shallow, 30km away and 33km deep. > > http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g.html > > We're OK, only minor damage. A couple of bits of broken glassware > inside, and we lost the top of one of our chimneys which broke a few > tiles on its way down. > > Most of the city has lost power and a water main burst here so there's > no water either. I expect that'll be sorted out before too long. I'm > sending this from one of our laptops (with the good battery) and a > cellular USB modem. Handy things to have. But I might not be > checking my email often for a few days. > > We're getting small aftershocks every couple of minutes (some less > small than others!). I'm still shaking a bit myself! >
You kiwis have an interesting definition of "fairly large'. In my book 7.4 is major! Glad you're OK. Keep us informed - it's good to have a reporter on the spot, so to speak..... Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
