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No lie in today!!
The football season has finished and we looked forward to our first Saturday lie-in since May. But it wasn't to be. We were shaken from our beds at 4.35am as a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck. That's big, in fact it's about 100 times stronger than the earth tremour that we felt in York two years ago.
Apart from a few broken storage jars and toppled bookcases, we have got off very lightly. Power was restored at 1.30pm. We still seem to have mains water but the city sewerage system is badly damaged, so the garden is being fertilised! There is some damage to a few houses in our area but we seem to have fared better than the city centre.
Good information on the quake at http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g-maps.html.
Apart from a few broken storage jars and toppled bookcases, we have got off very lightly. Power was restored at 1.30pm. We still seem to have mains water but the city sewerage system is badly damaged, so the garden is being fertilised! There is some damage to a few houses in our area but we seem to have fared better than the city centre. 
Good information on the quake at http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g-maps.html.
Glad to hear you are all safe and well.
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