A severe earthquake, centred near Hamner Springs, has shaken much of the country.

The magnitude 6.6 quake was 16km deep and struck at 12.02am.

Several shakes have hit since, including a 5.6km quake near Culverden.



The Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management says there is not thought to be a tsunami risk.

Reports of massive damage are appearing on social media, with one person on Twitter saying houses had "gone" in Cheviot.

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/318000/severe-earthquake-shakes-nz

7.4

In NZ, they are reporting 6.6.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11747414

http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/2016p858000

____ wrote on Nov 13^th, 2016 at 10:15pm:

In NZ, they are reporting 6.6. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11747414 http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/2016p858000

All over the world, they are reporting it as 7.4

Just Updated. Now a tsunami threat.
South Is' East Coast.

Update :
Tsunami warning for Wellington also

____ wrote on Nov 13^th, 2016 at 10:18pm:

Just Updated. Now a tsunami threat. South Is' East Coast.

Perhaps you should go home and help your fellow kiwis.  8-)

In what way.
Make them aware how weak Australia is at cricket?

It's a big quake - hell - I hope people are OK?

https://www.rt.com/news/366772-zealand-quake-damage-threat/

Tsunami Warning now increased to include North Island's East Coast

The effects of the earthquake ~ Wellington

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It's a really big earthquake - much bigger than the last one.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/13/asia/new-zealand-earthquake/index.html?adkey=bn



New Zealand: Powerful 7.8-magnitude quake rocks South Island

A tsunami has been reported to have hit the New Zealand coast after the earthquake.


http://www.kvia.com/news/top-stories/breaking-powerful-quake-rocks-new-zealand/154447213

Edit 1:49am A tsunami has been generated, the first wave has arrived in the North Eastern Coast of the South Island and it may arrive in Eastern Coast of the North and South Islands of New Zealand shorly (including Wellington, Christchurch and the Chatham Islands. The first wave may not be the largest. Waves may continue for several hours. Move inland or to higher ground immediately.

https://www.facebook.com/NzGetThru/

Updated to 7.5

http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/2016p858000

Two metre tsunami reported to have hit Kaikoura, just north of the epicentre.

Lyall Bay, Wellington, New Zealand - Live Stream


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiAA519e6lA

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Threat of server damage from Tsunamis  ... from East Cape (north Island) down to Southland.



Live from Radio NZ

http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/live/national

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 13^th, 2016 at 10:17pm:

____ wrote on Nov 13th, 2016 at 10:15pm: In NZ, they are reporting 6.6. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11747414 http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/2016p858000 All over the world, they are reporting it as 7.4

That's because they are tough in New Zealand, and like to downplay the severity of an earthquake.

____ wrote on Nov 13^th, 2016 at 10:23pm:

In what way. Make them aware how weak Australia is at cricket?

Why? Don't they already know?

New Zealand is like Japan, its full of Earth Quakes.  Eventually, all of the New Zealanders will have to relocate to Australia.   Do you know that there is no stamp duties on properties in NZ?

"BURGLARS have struck four homes in New Zealand that were evacuated after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the north Canterbury region of the South Island.

"Matt and Melissa Mill and their two daughters fled their home in the Christchurch seaside suburb of New Brighton when the quake struck and returned five hours later finding their home ransacked with their 12-year-old daughter’s $5000 hearing aid and a truck missing."

Kiwi Krooks

tickleandrose wrote on Nov 14^th, 2016 at 11:21am:

New Zealand is like Japan, its full of Earth Quakes.

You ever wondered how much New Zealand looks like Japan? It is much like another recreation of a chain of islands off the coast of China. All they really need is a powerful cyclone to wing its way towards the islands, and maybe a few tsunamis, and then you have a mirror image.

New Zealand: At least 2 dead in series of powerful earthquakes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/13/asia/new-zealand-earthquake/index.html

CERN boffins see strange ... oh, wait, that's just New Zealand moving 2m north...

Argh - me ex-sister-in-law used to work for the NZ Cheese Board or whatever, and the doors were tilted and they couldn't get in to work - day before the ex and me good self arrived... Wundy Wullington..... bloody cold in Winter..... and wet.... my daughter featured in a TV series there..... I was the bodyguard.... and had a part in The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy as a NZ copper (sans accent).......

Bloody Frogs..... the special effects in Auckland Harbour with the Rainbow Warrior sinking were great.... look for the tall 'copper' who fronts the filthy Frogs at the door of their rented hotel room...... you ain't goin' nowhere, Sunshine!  So back off!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYDaz9lFHqc

Argh - I were also involved in mission to plant parachutists on an island near the French bomb tests - in the news - turned back at the airport...... what was his name - Gareth Evans made a grandstand appearance...... (BS)...

S'in me books....... love it or leave it or write your own....