I was just finalising the previous posting when the electricity became eratic and suddenly the whole house shook violently and for what felt like a long time - probably about 2 seconds with about another 15 seconds of aftershock. In earthquake terms I think that is a long time. Long enough for things to fall off the bookcase and for us all to feel quite scared for a few minutes. Because the computer was on I immediately filled in an online report. The 'quake was 6.8 on the Richter Scale and the details are:
Quake Details
Information about this earthquake:
| Reference Number | 2839343/G |
| Universal Time | December 20 2007 at 7:55 |
| NZ Daylight Time | Thursday, December 20 2007 at 8:55 pm |
| Latitude, Longitude | 38.86°S, 178.52°E |
| Focal Depth | 40 km |
| Richter magnitude | 6.8 |
| Region | Hikurangi Trough |
| Location | - 50 km south-east of Gisborne
- 400 km south-east of Auckland
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Felt widely, especially along east coast North Island
The website is
http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/
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