Do we know where Paul and Peter live in NZ......and Ian, of course.

Trust none of them were anywhere near the quake and tsunami, and are OK !!!

Cheers - Phil

Fingers crossed

Thanks for checking up on us  

All good here thankfully.....was a BIG shake, though had one of my daughters sleep right through it and I had to wake her as soon as it stopped  

Haven't heard from Paul but I would imagine he's OK as we both live a little north of Wellington itself. Heard from family and other people in the area and thankfully they are all OK.

I think even Sandinista probably felt the quake way up at the top of the North Island!

No trains or other public transport today, though the local school is open which surprised me. Can't go to work till the building has been checked out in Wellington.

Most of the damage and casualties are down in the South Island again, the epicenter of the quake was north of Christchurch and at least one small town on the coast has been badly affected, cut off and some fatalities

Cheers
Peter

Text from Paul...all good there to 

Thanks for the thoughts guys

We are fine as well, as Pierre the Shy said we are both north of Wellington so over 200km from main epicentre

My son in Christchurch (200 km south of epicentre) evacuated further inland in case of tsunami but as far as we know there have not been any major tsunami

I get to work from home today while the engineers check out our building plus hundreds of other in the centre of Wellington

I might even get some more done on the Crusaders  

Good news !! 

Couldn't remember exactly where you all were.
Delighted you're safe....Now we just need to hear from Ian.

7.8 is rather a big quake, isn't it ?......Sounds dreadful.
Very sad to hear some folk have been killed.

Best wishes - Phil

Ian is about 1,000km north of the quakes unless he happened to be traveling so should be fine

The main earthquake was in a fairly remote area so casualties have been low, two reported dead, one due to a heart attack triggered by the earthquake

Quote from: Techno on 13 November 2016, 08:22:52 PM
Good news !!  

Very sad to hear some folk have been killed.

Agreed.

(btw: good news that the guys are safe)

Yes it was the biggest shake I've been in since I moved here as a kid many years ago.

Lots of people evacuated because of Tsunami warnings but that has passed now.....it will take a while for things to be back to normal here....not looking good for top of the South Island from the TV pictures.

Cheers
Peter

Good to hear

Glad you and yours are all okay gents.

Glad you guys have checked in, continue to stay safe.

Felt it in Auckland (624.3 kms or 387.9 miles away) - very slightly; made our 3-storey townhouse sway a bit, which set the Venetian blinds rattling. Confused me somewhat, as at the time I though I'd imagined it. Have a mate in Lower Huttt (north of Wellington) that got shaken around a bit, but no damage to mention.

We are far too north to be affected, thankfully. We had the tsunami warnings, which I slept through  At it's worst it was only 1m anticipated up in Bay of Islands.

I am glad the fault lines turn east a long way south of us, I don't fancy having to deal with that.

My heart goes out to all those affected.

Cheers
Ian

Good to hear you guys are ok as well

Just had another good rattle, fortunately not while I was painting