Severe Earthquake in New Zealand!!

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7.4 - 7.8 EARTHQUAKE in New Zealand!!! Please offer prayers for davidb1yth007, elemeef, and all our NZ friends!!

I received an igm from David early today, but nothing since. There have been at least 50 more aftershocks, and several more major quakes - at least 5 more of magnitude 5.0 or more. The east coast of the South Island, where David lives, is being evacuated because of tsunami warnings. Wellington, on the southern tip of the North Island, has also been hit.

If anyone has any news, please post it!! Thank you!!

 

sending prayers out to all our farm family and everyone over there I hope everything is ok and that they stay safe please keep us updated

 

There has been a 7.4 - 7.8 earthquake in New Zealand today, with over 50 aftershocks, at least 5 of which were over 5.0 magnitude! Tsunami warnings have been made, and evacuations have been ordered for the east coast, where davidb1yth007 lives. I have not heard from him since the big one hit today.

Please go to 'Gabfest - weather!!!!' for information, and post any additional information you have in that thread.

Asking for prayers for davidb1yth007, elemeef, and our other New Zealand friends. Thank you!!

Edit: The quake has been officially upgraded to 7.8. At least two people have been reported dead.

Update: Just got a call from David - he is o.k.!! Has anyone heard from elemeef??

Update: The quake has been officially upgraded to 7.8. Two people have been reported dead.

 

oh my

 

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Good news!!...Just got off the phone with David - he is o.k.!! No damage to his place, or to him...he just rode out all the shaking - and then went back to sleep!!

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Hi lily,
Thank you so much for thinking of us.
So glad to hear that david is fine especially since he is right in the thick of it down there. We have been extremely lucky with light aftershocks here in the North Island. Our tsunami warning has been cleared but where the aftershocks have been close and strong tsunami warnings are still in place. There certainly are a lot of scared people.

I have been trying to locate family members around different NZ locations but no luck so far. It is now just 24 hours after the first quake and I am a bit worried. Ok so we are having a shake now. I have dishes falling.

Thanks again lily and all those that have friends or loved ones in NZ.... I hope you hear from them soon and I pray that they are save.
Bye for now. Got to cuddle the crying cat. Poor thing.

 

Glad David is safe and that the causalities are minimum. How is elemeef and other NZ friends ? Has anyone any idea. Something in my mind says they are safe too.

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Thankyou, farmLily for your concern over our wee country down under. it was a scary earthquake that rolled on and on for about 135 seconds here in Christchurch... that is a loooooong time to be rolling.... but the epicentre was north of us near a town of 2000 people called Kaikoura ( a Maori name for Crayfish) which is stuck between a mountain range and the sea and now, those mountains have fallen on the road/rail links north and south of the town in about a dozen places.... a huge clean up will have to be undertaken...
It is a sad time for the families of the two people who died as a result of this earthquake.
Kaikoura has developed a reputation for being one of the world's best places for whale watching all year round, as compared to the likes of Hawaii, where there is a specific 'season' to see whales. And they come in close to the shore, allowing beautiful photos with the mountains in the background...

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@farmlily3 Glad to hear David is okay! I saw the news and was worried about my friends there - and remembered David was from NZ.

Glad you're okay!

I read an article in the news today about those 3 stranded cows! I hope they can be rescued!

 

Thanks for the up date farmlily3, and thoughts and prayers for all those farm friends and all the people in New Zealand who might be in harms way!

 

So glad you are okay David and Elemeef. Sending prayers for all those affected in New Zealand.

 

OMG!! This is just terrible Sending a prayer to everyone there. How on earth that land didn't crumble under those cows is amazing! Hopefully they can be rescued

 

How every scary for you all! Those pictures David sent are amazing and those poor cows, how sad to be trapped and scared like that! I hope Elemeef you soon get good news from your friends and family around New Zealand and my thoughts and prayers got out to you all!

 

It so sad, scary

 

I am glad David is safe! I hope Elemeef and all people from New Zealand can be safe!
That was a big earthquake

 

Thank you for posting elemeef, and David, and letting us know how things are with you! Thanks for the photos, too, David!
Elemeef, I read that lots of communication has been downed....maybe that is why it is hard to reach your family and friends?
Please keep us updated, if you have the time!

 

thank you for the update I'm happy David is ok and I pray everyone else is ok too and I'm sending prayers to those who were not so fortunate

 

Thankyou all for your genuine concern. it shows the true nature of his forum and it is very heart-warming !!!

PS: maybe a kind mod could shift this thread to Gabfest !?!

 

All my prayers and thoughts are with everyone in New Zealand and I hope that your families fare well.

 

Hi Guys.
Tuesday morning here. Found all my family. A cousin in Wellington lives on the 3rd floor of an apartment building which got evacuated. Of course they have to use the stairs so they don't get trapped in the lifts. She fell down the stairs and broke her leg.

Saw those cows on the tv last night. So amazing. The devastation of the hills, roads and rail lines never ceases to amaze me. Nature so beautiful and peaceful one moment, so violent the next.

Wherever you are in the world please be happy and kind, but most of all be safe.

Have a good day.

You guys are awesome. You rally together to support those that need some love in time of disaster. It is really great!

Yesterday it was sunny and hot, not a single sign of a breeze, and so so quiet. Last night cloudy ( didn't see the moon) very cold, and wind gusts. The sound of the wind, the only noise. This morning is cloudy, a chilly wind is blowing, no noise. I don't like it, not when it is this quiet. Where are the birds, why aren't the dogs barking?