7.8 quake hits South Island, tsunami over 8 ft hits beach on North Isalnd - 2 reported dead so far. Christchurch got trashed. Roads outside of town impacted. See news stories for latest updates. Ham radio ops now actively working the more remote areas.
It is the moon. I knew there would be a big earthquake somewhere. My heart goes out to those people. They have been getting after shocks all day, big ones.About a half hour ago they had a 6.6
This is a great article heavy with pictures of the aftermath of the earthquake. The change in the land that took place is amazing. A 'before photo' (left) taken in March 2016 and an 'after' photo taken in recent days shows the extent of the damage caused by the earthquake. It was posted on Twitter by Ryan Gold New Zealand earthquake lifts the seabed by more than a METRE | Daily Mail Online
Assuming that the Pictures were taken at the Same Tide Level.... Otherwise the Right hand Picture could be just Low Tide....
Time to open a business down under , house re-tipping straight !! All funniness aside , Canadians all wish you well ,and we deployed on monday afternoon .
