Quake status

[threemonkeys]

Folk have been in touch after the quake - thank you for your concern, it is a very shocking event. I didn't even feel it here in Wellington - it seems like the major impact is mainly confined to central Christchurch and towards the port hills. My immediate family are well south of Christchurch and are fine. But I have a lot of extended family in the city. It seems that most of them are unharmed but the partner of one of my second cousins has not been in touch so the family are worried about her. Some family members have had their houses trashed and have been evacuated - others still have power/water/sewage and are fine and sheltering the displaced ones.