Earthquakes

Just a note to all the Wellington Loomioers that our thoughts are with them.

Hoping that everyone is okay, and that not too much damage has been done to the Loomio and Enspiral offices, or to everyone's homes.

For those who aren't in New Zealand, you might not be aware that at 5.09 pm NZT (which is 0509 GMT) on Sunday 21/7/13 a large earthquake happened close to Wellington (6.5 on the richter scale) that has caused some damage in the Central Business District in Wellington.

It is likely there will be a number of aftershocks for some time to come. In the 4 hours after the quake there were 22 aftershocks measuring over 4. Looking at the reports from GeoNet: http://www.geonet.org.nz/quakes/region/wellington/felt I suspect a rather sleepless night given the aftershocks.

Prior to this large one happening there were also 2 other largish ones that happened on Friday (5.7) and Sunday (5.8) mornings respectively.

Here are a few of links which show some of what residents in Wellington have been experiencing:

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/215023/damage-after-severe-quake-hits-central-nz

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23394409

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/aftershocks-continue-rattle-central-new-zealand-5516106

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8945358/Big-quake-shakes-central-New-Zealand

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/national/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503075&gal_cid=1503075&gallery_id=134328