[shakyle2906]

Was well freaky..........

Laying down on sofas, me and hubby and i thought he was shaking the sofa....... next thing we both jumped up and could feel the earth move!!!!!!

Sharon

[IanW99]

Not the first one, but seems quite wide ranging as we are in Wellington.

Ian

[shakyle2906]

You felt it down there ?

[IanW99]

Yep, second worst one that we have experienced, just waiting to see how big it was?

Ian

[shakyle2906]

Says was 6.8 on the geonet site.............
Freaked me out bigtime - little boy fasto and not batted an eyelid!!!

Sharon
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[shakyle2906]

Yep, second worst one that we have experienced, just waiting to see how big it was?

Ian


Well, can feel myself still shaking - well freaky!!

[IanW99]

For us that was bigger magnitude than the other big one we felt but its centre is much further away, must have seemed quite bad for you as you are much closer to it.

Ian

[shakyle2906]

For us that was bigger magnitude than the other big one we felt but its centre is much further away, must have seemed quite bad for you as you are much closer to it.

Ian

Was well freaky......... first one i have felt in the 8mths we have been here - s'pose better get used to them!!!!

Sharon

[ellenmelon]

Power and phones out in gisborne, which is (near) where the epicenter was. 40km deep. Damage up there too.
Oh, and I felt it here too...

[shakyle2906]

Power and phones out in gisborne, which is (near) where the epicenter was. 40km deep. Damage up there too.
Oh, and I felt it here too...


yeh, just read about it on the yahoo news on net!
s'posed to be second worst one this month......

Sharon

[mgbridges]

Just seen a news flash here in Auckland and was about to post to ask if everyone 'down there' was OK. Said there had been buildings damaged in Gisbourne, 6.8 on richter scale and 40km down, apparently it was even felt in some parts of South Auckland!

Hope everyone is OK.
Anneliese

[shakyle2906]

Just seen a news flash here in Auckland and was about to post to ask if everyone 'down there' was OK. Said there had been buildings damaged in Gisbourne, 6.8 on richter scale and 40km down, apparently it was even felt in some parts of South Auckland!

Hope everyone is OK.
Anneliese

fine here in hastings, hawkes bay, but well freaked out!
Sharon

[IanW99]

Just seen a news flash here in Auckland and was about to post to ask if everyone 'down there' was OK. Said there had been buildings damaged in Gisbourne, 6.8 on richter scale and 40km down, apparently it was even felt in some parts of South Auckland!

Hope everyone is OK.
Anneliese

Don't know about south Auckland, but we felt it in Wellington???

Ian

[Lupin]

Felt it here in Central Hawkes Bay- I confess to having been a wee bit scared!

[Gemini]

Felt it in Taranaki too. Fairly mild but unmistakeable.

[shakyle2906]

Felt it here in Central Hawkes Bay- I confess to having been a wee bit scared!

Thanks, thought i was being bit of a wuss!

Sharon
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[Kim39]

Didn't feel a thing here in TA, but as we aren't on the Eastern coast chances are we wouldn't have anyway.:(


Kim

[Carol]

Definitely felt it in Porirua!

ooooh errr

[Lupin]

Thanks, thought i was being bit of a wuss!

Sharon
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Not at all- anyone here in HAwkes Bay knows only too well what damage they can cause!

Didn't feel a thing here in TA, but as we aren't on the Eastern coast chances are we wouldn't have anyway.:(

Why the sad face Kim- *not* feeling an earthquake is a good thing ...

[bob_the_engineer]

Really is this the same one??

20 Dec I’m sat in Welly and we had a little shake about an hour ago. This is the first one I’ve felt in Welly (although I’ve slept through 3 in Welly in the last year)

from my experience the shakes in HB tend to be smooth, a kind of rolling motion, much slower but with much mcuh more movement. The one in welly was kind of sharp and shaky, a higher frequency but not much movement.

Is this the same shake in HB welly and auckland?

Bob

[silvo]

That was a big one! -went on for a bit too - felt like being on a train !

seems to have been felt even in south Auckland!

You normally have to pay for a ride like that!

Neil in Napier

[bob_the_engineer]

That was a big one! -went on for a bit too - felt like being on a train !

seems to have been felt even in south Auckland!

You normally have to pay for a ride like that!

Neil in Napier

ooo must be the same one wow, gald i was miles away!

Bob

[ellenmelon]

oh my god. if anyone was watching the news the damage up there is pretty bad. poor people :( a lot of unrepairable damage to shops, windows and roof's have caved in...

[markmurphy]

Yep, we were on the sofa too and first assumed each other was shaking it, definitely a sharpish judder. And we are in central Wellington. Hope everyone in Gisbourne is ok

[incredible hulse]

Missed it here in Kapiti. Either that or getting so used to them we don't notice them anymore.

[jackie m]

We were in the warehouse in Paraparaumu. All the shelving was shaking & actually felt the concrete floor shaking :eek: Definately the biggest I have felt. Hubby said the christmas tree even did a big of rocking at home :D
Jackie

[incredible hulse]

We were in the warehouse in Paraparaumu. All the shelving was shaking & actually felt the concrete floor shaking :eek: Definately the biggest I have felt. Hubby said the christmas tree even did a big of rocking at home :D
Jackie
Jackie - sure that wasn't that freight train going through ;)

[marcia]

Felt it here in Palmerston North too - dad thought mum was shaking the sette, Kev came in from the garage to see if we felt it, my chair was shaking and all the christmas tree ornaments were swinging on the tree.

Lasted quite a while, but no noise!

Hope everyone is ok! :o

[femke]

Thanks, thought i was being bit of a wuss!

Sharon
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Hey Sharon, been here in hawkes bay 3yrs now and have experienced a few quakes, tonights was the biggest so far, have to say i freak out everytime, :wah :wah
Moira

[holland]

oh my goodness...I can't sleep...I am really panicky, did not like that AT ALL.

Graham was out and I was in a friends house on stilts.........and boy did it shake....

Not a happy bunny right now...its different reading about them on the net when you are in UK and then experiencing one.

We are opposite the beach, I am paranoid I am going to drown in the night........

Very shaky

J x

[Leccy-Lee]

How the hell do i keep missing these things :o
Hope nobodies hurt of course...., but i still want to know what an earthquake feels like, and i keep missing them. Been sat here all night, and havent felt a thing :uhoh

Ah well, hope everyone is ok...

[ellenmelon]

oh my goodness...I can't sleep...I am really panicky, did not like that AT ALL.

Graham was out and I was in a friends house on stilts.........and boy did it shake....

Not a happy bunny right now...its different reading about them on the net when you are in UK and then experiencing one.

We are opposite the beach, I am paranoid I am going to drown in the night........

Very shaky

J x

i want to say "ah, you'll be grand!" but thats de-validating your fears! im not quite sure what to say to make you not so nervous.
maybe just make yourself ready to leave quickly (get all paperwork/special things/passport/clothes etc) together so if you did need to leave quickly, you could...I dunno. Just an idea..

haha I feel a bit silly now but I know Id be worrying too.

Take care :nice1

[holland]

maybe just make yourself ready to leave quickly (get all paperwork/special things/passport/clothes etc) together so if you did need to leave quickly, you could...I dunno. Just an idea..

Take care :nice1

Im sure other people have just gone to bed!, but I am WIDE awake, I wonder if there is likely to be another one tonight?

Im paranoid at every noise now...Graham is sleeping like a baby

J x

[BkyMonster]

There will probably be aftershocks at the least. They should be smaller than the big one though.
(I lived through the 1989 California Earthquake, right near the epicentre!! :) )

Hope everyone is ok.

[thezorbster]

Hope all our forum friends up there are ok. I felt it too down near Nelson but very, very mild.

[benandclare]

Brother in law felt it in Blenheim , North of South Island.

Hope everyone is ok and can go on and enjoy a shake free Crimbo :nice1

[Jules]

We got quite a shake here in Rotorua :( our lamp shades were swaying, pretty scarey.......

Jules

[allchange]

Hi Hope you are all ok over there! We heard about it on the news here in the UK and watched the news 24 for ages but got no more info. Thinking about you all anyway hope you all slept ok!
Em x

[PeteS]

Brother in law felt it in Blenheim , North of South Island.

Yup, I sure did. I was in the office, her indoors was in the lounge and both of us shouted "what was THAT!" at the same time.

It's a little reminder that it's only a question of time before your are affected by an earthquake. Make sure you've all got a survival kit ready. You never know when you'll need it.

[peebles16]

Scary stuff - hope you folks are all okay and have recovered a bit from your fright. Suppose it goes with the territory :uhoh :uhoh

Take care
Karenx

[jubjub]

hubby felt it up here last night.

i had emails asking if we were OK as it has hit the headlines in the UK.

I was sad to see tales of attempted looting in the Herald website.

Miraculously no fatalities, a couple of broken legs were mentioned in the paper.

[willsken]

Well that was a little frightening! Our house seemed to sway and the lights were swinging! Scared me more as I can't get around very well on my crutches! Never felt one before.... don't mind if I don't feel one again either!:uhoh

[Familyofmonkeys]

i had emails asking if we were OK as it has hit the headlines in the UK.



Me too....and I didn't feel a thing here! Didn't realise it was a big a quake as that and was wondering why anyone would bother ringing. Just had a look on the geonet site...hope all the forumites in the area are OK!

[shakyle2906]

Well that was a little frightening! Our house seemed to sway and the lights were swinging! Scared me more as I can't get around very well on my crutches! Never felt one before.... don't mind if I don't feel one again either!:uhoh

Me too Nic.......
Well scary!!
Met with Jade (Holland ) today for some xmas shopping and thats all we could talk about. Shook us both up!

Sharon

[Kim39]

Just spoke with a friend who was in Gisbourne when it hit. Now he has been here 30 years and has felt the odd one, but that last night put the.....well you can imagine his language. He said when it was hitting it felt like eveything was floating, and its an experience he never wants to feel again. He was actually in his pit, as he is a trucker, so just chillin before hitting the sack. He couldn't bring himself to get out of the bed for a few seconds as no matter how much he was told as a child, he says it takes a few seconds to realise that a quake is hitting.

He's back home and trying to make sure his employer never sends him back again.


Kim