New Zealand Earthquake Today
In video news
New Zealand Earthquake Today
The tremors generated a small tsunami, but officials said there was no significant damage or injuries. However, questions have been asked about the delay in issuing a tsunami warning.Locals in the north west of the North Island, where the quake was felt most strongly, have described the incident as “fierce” and “scary”.Tenga Apiata, who was in the coastal settlement of Hicks Bay, ran to a motel for safety with his partner and son. “I felt a little shock, then it just got bigger and bigger and everything started rocking. Everything in the house just started rattling and falling everywhere. I jumped up and saved our TV because that was ready to fall over and smash,” he told website stuff.co.nz.“That’s the biggest quake we’ve ever had on the coast and I’ve been here for 20 something years. It was scary all right.” Footage from inside a supermarket in Whakatane, 200km west of Hicks Bay, showed shelves swaying and products falling into the aisles.Meanwhile, the Auckland rush hour was thrown into chaos when Britomart railway station, the city’s largest, was shut for a time due to the aftershocks. The earthquake’s epicentre was off the North Island, north east of the town of Te Araroa. Earthquakes, some of them classified as “strong”, could be felt throughout the north of Gisborne District.A swarm of aftershocks, several of nearly 6.0 magnitude, rocked the region for many hours after the initial jolt as coastal residents made their way to high ground by torchlight.
The tremors generated a small tsunami, but officials said there was no significant damage or injuries. However, questions have been asked about the delay in issuing a tsunami warning.Locals in the north west of the North Island, where the quake was felt most strongly, have described the incident as “fierce” and “scary”.Tenga Apiata, who was in the coastal settlement of Hicks Bay, ran to a motel for safety with his partner and son. “I felt a little shock, then it just got bigger and bigger and everything started rocking. Everything in the house just started rattling and falling everywhere. I jumped up and saved our TV because that was ready to fall over and smash,” he told website stuff.co.nz.“That’s the biggest quake we’ve ever had on the coast and I’ve been here for 20 something years. It was scary all right.” Footage from inside a supermarket in Whakatane, 200km west of Hicks Bay, showed shelves swaying and products falling into the aisles.Meanwhile, the Auckland rush hour was thrown into chaos when Britomart railway station, the city’s largest, was shut for a time due to the aftershocks. The earthquake’s epicentre was off the North Island, north east of the town of Te Araroa. Earthquakes, some of them classified as “strong”, could be felt throughout the north of Gisborne District.A swarm of aftershocks, several of nearly 6.0 magnitude, rocked the region for many hours after the initial jolt as coastal residents made their way to high ground by torchlight.
