An earthquake, 6.6 on the Richter scale, struck at 12:02am NZST, 20km north of a small town called Cheviot. Rocking lasted for 1.5 minutes, and was felt all across the country.
All I can say is holy fucking shit, I am frightened.
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My word! Really hope you are ok. Has there been any damage so far?
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I never felt the previous Christchurch quakes, but I felt that one (I’m south of Auckland).
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6.6 that’s a fair big un’. Watch out for the aftershocks and stay safe!
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Oh wow. A while ago my family watched a The Nature Of Things episode and part of it talked about how New Zealand is on a fault line, which would devastate the area if an earthquake happened. I hope everyone there is okay and stay safe.
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Hope you’re alright! Take care, all of you Kiwis, sucks to be on the rim of fire 
big hugs to all
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I was just reading this on the Yahoo news feed and popped in the make sure everyone is OK. Stay safe out there!
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Really hope you’re all OK after that
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There was only one earthquake I witnessed, woke me up in the night, as it made some furniture screech. Was still unsettling, even though it was really minor and did no harm.
My regards to you in New Zealand, take care, stay calm and remain safe and sound!
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I can’t believe that I was awake, I didn’t feel a thing and it was close to where I live
Edit I forgot the lieve part of believe
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Seems that they’ve upscaled the magnitude to 7.5, which it was first reported as.
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TIL you sleep like a rock 
Well, 2 people dead (one crushed in their own home, the other had a heart attack)
State Highway One, from Christchurch to Kaikoura is blocked off by slips, and most likely will not be open for a good few months.
Tsunami threat levels were decreased overnight.
Many schools have stopped exams for Today (most of ChCh/Canterbury) or the week (Wellington)
Welllington has had its CBD closed, but many are still going into work, anyway.
I was awake and no-one in the upper level of my house felt it. Their wasn’t that much damage in my area but on my street there is a concrete pole thing that is about the height of 0.75 metres defing physhics by leaning on a 45 degree angle with only 2 of its corners touching the ground! It isn’t leaning on anything I checked.
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You in Auckland or Wellington?
Sorry Vri, I don’t want to be specific. You never know who is behind the keyboard
Good point, actually.
You might want to change your profile then because it says you are from Auckland.
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Could be a distractor 
well it doesn’t anymore and strop is right, it might not of been true =)
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