A 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken New Zealand this morning, prompting a tsunami warning for parts of the Pacific Ocean ...we heard about it while sunbathing on a Fijian island! There are earthquakes all the time here, but not this scale.. so we're watching the news when we can.
The Hawkes Bay earthquake that caused so much damage in 1931 was 7.8, so it's amazing that no-one was hurt.There are between 10,000 and 15,000 earthquakes in and around New Zealand each year but most of them can't be felt - this one was, right across South Island!
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