Our thoughts are with the long suffering residents of Kaikoura after the township was rocked by yet another strong earthquake. The New Zealand Herald wrote: Geonet reported on its website that the quake was centred at a depth of 17km and located 15km north-east of Kaikoura. Its intensity was described as “strong”. The quake struck…
Update 7 August 2012. For a full update to this story click here Mount Tongariro Erupts ash cloud headed east. Scientists are saying that the activity could continue for months, even years after the volcano had lain dormant for almost 100 years. Civil Defence has said that volcanic activity may threaten Waikato, Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne,…
A large 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook the top of the South Island and lower North Island at 7.19pm today. The epicentre was 60 km deep and felt strongly in Marlborough and Wellington. A TVNZ report told of how highrise windows were shattered in the capital and apartments being evacuated, police said. “there has been damage…
Click here for news about the most recent quakes in New Zealand. 1.45 pm -A number of NZ quake drums are showing swarms of earthquakes, but Geonet’s list of recent quakes hasn’t been updated since 9.39am.
The brave people of Christchurch are still having to endure large aftershocks following yesterday’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the city and the surrounding area. Along with a photograph of an exhausted family at the Linwood School emergency shelter, Stuff.co.nz ‘s latest news update said: Some of the largest aftershocks since yesterday morning’s 7.1 earthquake…
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