... it's really hard to be living on the other side of the world and wondering whether everyone's ok.
I don't think of New Zealand as an earthquake place for some reason, so I am always surprised when they talk about earthquakes in or around it.
We have volcanoes too.
NZ has around 14,000 recorded earthquakes every year. It's not often they're that big, though. The country is on the join of two tectonic plates so there's lots of seismic activity.
I hope they are all all right.
They are, thanks.
Worst damage was to my aunt & uncle's cars. Younger sister lost electricity to her house and has gone to stay with another sister. That big sister missed a flight to a friend's wedding because the airport was closed. That's as bad as it was for my family.
Not much worse for the area as a whole, though. There are loads of ruined buildings, but not much in the way of damage to people, thankfully.
*MySmiley*
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. - Groucho Marx
/NSSP: when you hear of 7.4 magnitude earthquakes striking near where your family lives...
- 03/09/2010 06:11:00 PM
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.....you begin to think about what you were left in their Wills? *NM*
- 03/09/2010 06:20:49 PM
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I also assume all your relatives have disinherited you as an act of self preservation. 
- 03/09/2010 06:35:41 PM
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- 03/09/2010 06:35:41 PM
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*hugs and assumes everyone is alright*
- 03/09/2010 06:33:12 PM
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Big property damage here, but no casualties
- 04/09/2010 08:09:30 AM
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