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Quake strikes New Zealand, thousands flee homes as tsunami hits

Hopefully it wont flood the Shire.
 
God I hope it's not going to be as bad as Japan..
 
Sure hope Bodi is okay.
 
Lutherf said:
Quake strikes New Zealand, thousands flee homes as tsunami ...

There doesn't seem to be much of any info right now but I know we have a couple of Kiwi members.
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New Zealand: 7.8-magnitude quake rocks south, triggers tsunami | CNN

M7.8 - 53km NNE of Amberley, New Zealand | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 2
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
336 AM HST SUN NOV 13 2016

[...]

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
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UPDATED: Live -- TV New Zealand / https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/live-updates-casualties-in-kaikoura-tsunami-threat-all-nz-coast-sparked-massive-midnight-quake
 
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Quake starts at 20 second mark, and then they show different angles from different cameras:

 
Wow!

7.8 is pretty solid.

Depending on how the building codes are written in that locale, this could be very heavy stuff.
 
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