So this morning I awoke at 4.35am to an earthquake. The epicentre was close to my home town of Christchurch, which is over 350km from where I live at the moment in Dunedin. Yet I felt it here.
I managed to get hold of my family, who live in Christchurch, to check that everyone was ok.
The earthquake measured a massive 7.1 on the ricter scale. Christchurch as been declared in a state of local emergency by Civil Defence, check out their website for updates. Click here to read a news report and see the photo gallery, or here for Television NZ's updates.
My 86 year old nan managed to get under the dining table, and my family are all safe and well with no reports of damage. I'm sure not everyone was as lucky and my thoughts are with those affected.
Your Nan is a legend!!!!
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