Breaking News: NZ South Island hit by 7.4 magnitude earthquake
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- The South Island of New Zealand was hit by a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake this morning.
There was no tsunami alert issued and as yet no injuries have been mentioned resulting from the New Zealand earthquake.
The NZ quake hit around 19 miles west of Christchurch, a city in the south. Store shelves lost many of their goods as they fell of shelves and tiles on building roofs cracked under the shaking of the New Zealand quake.
The Geological agency, GNS Science, stated that the tremor took place 21 miles under the surface of the earth.
Thousands of New Zealand residents were woken from their sleep at around 4.35am, says New Zealand's National Radio.
There have been power outages as far away as Dunedin, says NZ's National Radio.
No serious damage has as yet been reported as a direct result of the New Zealand 7.4 earthquake.
Several aftershocks hit the area after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand, reports San Francisco's KTVU
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Comments
From someone directly in the earthquake area...I'd be interested to know where you sourced your information from? CHRISTCHURCH in the centre of the south Island (not wellington which is in the north Island) has got SUBSTANTIAL damage estimating BILLIONS of dollars. Two recorded serious injuries and after shocks STILL being felt more than 24hours later. Centre city on 7pm lock down due to damage. AND it was 7.1 with after shocks registering as high as 5. OH and one more thing we have been declared in a " STATE OF EMERGENCY" hmmmm who sources the info?
Hi Anon thanks so much for your comment. While a lot more is known NOW about the earthquake, when this piece was written it was Breaking News and had only just happened. At that time very little was known about the incident. Now that more is known and there have been aftershocks, feel free to read my follow up article. Thank you.
It's terrible for what happened to Christchurch and I hope that no-one was seriously hurt.
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