Earthquake in Wellington

[vilakins]

There's been a strong earthquake centred in Cook Strait which has shaken Wellington pretty badly and done some damage. A cluster of quakes have hit in the last few days but this one is the strongest so far. A bit of a worry after Christchurch.

Wellington is a lovely and very liveable city. When I lived there though I experienced quite a few quakes, and that was the main reason I decided to come to Auckland when I got back from overseas. Let's just hope the dormant volcano field doesn't fire up.

Comments

[kalypso]

I hope there's nothing more serious to come in the chain, but I'm glad you're well away from it.

[vilakins]

We are! We do get the occasional quake, but it's a different system.

[mab_browne]

We were on the tail end of it, and I spent the evening texting and calling family and friends closer to the business. Here's hoping that it's done its dash now. I ended up changing an appt rather than driving in to the city. With no trains, the roads may well be a madhouse, and I don't fancy being stuck there if the cycle isn't quite finished yet.

[vilakins]

Apparently it hasn't. A colleague's down there to lead a course but it was cancelled and she's trying to get back. She emailed me an hour ago from "shaky Wellington".

[ultrapsychobrat.livejournal.com]

Oh, hate to hear that.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

We're fine but I'm worried about Wellington. We always expected The Big One to hit there (and I used to work right on the fault line) but hopefully this is relieving the pressure.

[threeoutside.livejournal.com]

I hope you and everyone there remain safe!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

We're fine; we didn't feel a thing up here. We get the occasional quake but it's a whole other system.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Dear, this is not good news. I take it you and yours are all right? Living on an unstable ground is scary...go back to sleep, volcano!!!!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

No worries; we're fine; we didn't feel a thing up here. We get the occasional quake but it's a different system.

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

I hope there were no casualties. Keep safe!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I heard four people were injured, two of them fairly slightly. People were evacuated from badly damaged homes though.

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

A lot of a worry...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Wellington's where we always expected the Big One to hit; hopefully the pressure's being relieved by all these quakes.

[stevie-carroll.livejournal.com]

Stay safe, you.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

We're fine! We get the occasional quake but it's a whole other system up here and we're way too far away to feel anything.

[Edit] I love your icon! Though I hear it's pretty tropical here right now. :-)

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping there aren't any more...

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

A colleague was there today (her course was cancelled) and she emailed back from "shaky Wellington" so I suppose the shocks were still continuing.

[imhilien.livejournal.com]

Constant aftershocks would stress me out. :( I have a cousin who works in the CBD who had the day off.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Me too.

I'm sort of wishing now that I bought one of the GrabOne deals for emergency packs. Next time I see one, I will.

[labingi.livejournal.com]

My best wishes are with Wellington. I loved it there when I visited, and I have a friend who works there. Wishing everyone well.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely city!

The damage is nowhere near as bad as Christchurch; most buildings just need some cleaning up. A friend lost all her glass and pottery jugs off her room divider; that sort of thing is quite common/

[samantha-vimes.livejournal.com]

May the volcanoes long remain dormant.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

[pets them and tells them to sleep, sleeeeeeeep]

[quabazaa.livejournal.com]

Ugh, yeah, a bit worrying. As long as it's the Cook St fault and none of the ones under Welly..... after Chch it really makes me anxious thinking about it. I so do not have the fortitude to live through something like that twice in my lifetime. I just hate the not-knowing, that it could happen at ANY time. Enough to drive you mad!
Fingers crosed for Orcland's volcanoes staying dormant too!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Ha! I used to tell people I was from Orcland!