Ooooh, the excitement! Earthquakes in Auckland last night! Welly too. Hope you folks down there weren't too freaked.
:)
Earthquakes shake Auckland region
Updated 9:41AM Thursday February 22, 2007
By Maggie McNaughton and Keith Perry
Auckland was rocked by three earthquakes last night, the strongest measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale.
The tremors, which are unusual for Auckland, were described as shallow quakes and were felt as far afield as Te Atatu and Kawau Island.
The smaller earthquake at 8.24pm measured 3.7, the second (4.5) was at 9pm, and the third (3.8) was at 11.23.
The quakes were the largest in Auckland since 1970, when the city was shaken by a 4.7 quake centred in the Coromandel.
Meanwhile, quake-hardened Wellingtonians weren't fazed by a 4.4-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Picton, which was felt in the capital at 12.41pm yesterday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/...ectid=10425133