Magnitude 6.9 quake rattles New Zealand

[jpak]

Source: USA Today

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The New Zealand capital Wellington was rattled by a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Sunday that broke water mains, smashed windows and downed power lines.

Wellington Police Inspector Marty Parker said there had been minor structural damage that had left parts of the city without power. There have been no reports of injury and no tsunami.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck under the Cook Strait, 35 miles southwest of Wellington. It was 6 miles underground.

Parker said the quake struck near nightfall. A more complete picture of the damage would emerge in the morning, he said.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/07/21/earthquake-new-zealand-wellington/2572299/

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[treestar]

1. 21st century to have video

looking at that office was weird. Like it was a ship. The pool too!

[kestrel91316]

2. Watching that pool slosh made me seasick.

[kwassa]

3. 6.9 is big, I lived through that in LA in 94

and I lived through a lot of earthquakes.

I was thrown out of bed, my local freeway was knocked down, a parking garage collapsed, 15000 houses lost their chimneys ... and a lot more damage than that. This was just local to me.