On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:47 PM, David Mann <d...@multisport.net.nz> 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!
Just reading this post (after having seen your subsequent post moments ago). I'll say again that I'm most pleased that you and your family are okay. Please stay safe. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
