http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9629660/6-3-quake-rattles-lower-North-Island
We felt a slight shaking here, but the Hauraki District is a long way from where the earthquake was centred. My older sister who lives in Taihape which is a lot closer to the epicenter telephoned me to say that they were fine. They'd had a lot more shaking, but no damage.
I'm much more concerned about the approaching tropical cyclone that's supposed to reach here by tomorrow. We've had two days of stinking hot humid weather so we knew something was likely to happen. At the moment the sky is heavy with cloud and very dark and the wind is getting up. Usually we're sheltered by the Coromandel Ranges when we get an easterly storm, but it looks like we still might get a pasting.
We felt a slight shaking here, but the Hauraki District is a long way from where the earthquake was centred. My older sister who lives in Taihape which is a lot closer to the epicenter telephoned me to say that they were fine. They'd had a lot more shaking, but no damage.
I'm much more concerned about the approaching tropical cyclone that's supposed to reach here by tomorrow. We've had two days of stinking hot humid weather so we knew something was likely to happen. At the moment the sky is heavy with cloud and very dark and the wind is getting up. Usually we're sheltered by the Coromandel Ranges when we get an easterly storm, but it looks like we still might get a pasting.