Ernest Nagel
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I know there are several active New Zealanders among our community. Hope you can all check in as time allows, let us know how you're doing and if there's any way we can support you?
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/newzealand.quake/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail
CNN) -- Buildings collapsed, power lines were knocked out and gas pipes ruptured when a powerful earthquake hit the northeastern coast of New Zealand late Thursday.
Despite widespread damage to buildings in Gisborne there were no reports of casualties.
Media reports in New Zealand, citing the government, listed the quake -- reportedly felt as far south as the city of Christchurch -- at 6.8 magnitude. The U.S. Geological Survey put it at 6.6.
There were no reports of serious injury or death from the quake near the coastal city of Gisborne. But local resident Phil Robinson, who recently moved to New Zealand from the United Kingdom, told Television New Zealand that the quake had caused serious damage to the city.
"Everything was bedlam for about 15 or 20 seconds," Robinson said. "We gather several properties in town have been damaged. It's had a serious effect on lots of people in the city."
Robinson said communications were "patchy" and it was difficult to make telephone calls on both landlines and cell phones.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/newzealand.quake/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail
CNN) -- Buildings collapsed, power lines were knocked out and gas pipes ruptured when a powerful earthquake hit the northeastern coast of New Zealand late Thursday.
Despite widespread damage to buildings in Gisborne there were no reports of casualties.
Media reports in New Zealand, citing the government, listed the quake -- reportedly felt as far south as the city of Christchurch -- at 6.8 magnitude. The U.S. Geological Survey put it at 6.6.
There were no reports of serious injury or death from the quake near the coastal city of Gisborne. But local resident Phil Robinson, who recently moved to New Zealand from the United Kingdom, told Television New Zealand that the quake had caused serious damage to the city.
"Everything was bedlam for about 15 or 20 seconds," Robinson said. "We gather several properties in town have been damaged. It's had a serious effect on lots of people in the city."
Robinson said communications were "patchy" and it was difficult to make telephone calls on both landlines and cell phones.
