My Experience in Gisborne Earthquake Dec 2007!
04:37:29 PM - 2007-12-22
EARTHQUAKE SHAKES NEW ZEALAND!
Thursday evening 20 December 2007 - 8.55pm NZ Time a 6.8 Earthquake hit New Zealand, it was centred 50 km's offshore southeast of Gisborne at the depth of 40 km, off the Mahia Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean known as the
Hikurangi Trough.
It caused extensive damage in Gisborne on the east coast of the North Island New Zealand. The CD in Gisborne took the main jolt, some 20 Buildings are badly damaged and cracks in the roadways, there was no Tsunami, but the Gisborne Mayor Meng Foon told residents to head for the hills immediately if another quack struck, as there is no tsunami warning system in place for quakes so close to the shore, thousands of residents were taking no risks and head for higher ground.
There were after shocks on friday, but only 4.2 to 4.8 on the Richter Scale.
The state of Emergenency was lifted last night Saturday 22nd 2007 at 5.12 pm.
The Earthquake was felt strongly in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay, also Wellington and as far south as Christchurch on the east coast in the South Island in New Zealand.
My experience in the 6.8 earthquake in Taranaki on the west coast hill country at Okoki, inland from Urenui, was quite frightening also, my son and grandson where just coming in the driveway on their Motor bikes, there was such a great jolt to the house I thought that one of them had hit the house, but relised it was a earthquake as the house keeped on i shaking for some 2 to 3 minutes, which was quite frightening as I didn't know then where in was centered, was wondering what was going to happen next as our home is in a valley surrouded by ranges on the urenui River.
Thank goodness it stopped, not very nice, I feel for those people in Gisborne, not good for Christmas, a time of good times not clearing up after a earthquake.We can be thankful that it was not like Christmas Eve 1953 Mount Ruapehu Erupted killing 151 people as it took out the Tangiwai Railway Bridge in it's path, and the first 6 carriages of the overnight Wellington to Auckland Express Train plunged off the bridge and into the Gorge.
Christmas Greetings to all, no matter what part of the World you live in from Elsie Hagley New Zealand.
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