{"id":148728,"date":"2015-05-04T02:57:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T02:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=8455c855868f2d02e316eb465849dfb4"},"modified":"2015-05-04T14:30:28","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T14:30:28","slug":"5-6-magnitude-quake-strikes-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/environmental-news\/5-6-magnitude-quake-strikes-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"5.6 magnitude quake strikes New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"

(RT<\/a>) – A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck 30km north west of Wanaka, on the South Island of New Zealand. Hundreds of people felt tremors, registered by the local geological hazard information service as \u201csevere.\u201d<\/p>\n

There were no immediate reports of damage after the initial quake\u00a0struck at 2:29pm local time. The USGS registered the depth of the
\nquake at 10km.<\/p>\n

A second and lighter 3.4 tremor followed about 10 minutes later.\u00a0It was located 20km west of Wanaka at a depth of 11km.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gave us all a bit of a shock,\u201d<\/em> Wanaka Tourism Office\u00a0general manager James Helmore told Fairfax NZ News, as shaking persisted for some 15\u00a0seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere may be some minor damage in plastering\u201d h<\/em>e said,\u00a0but there was none he could see at that moment.<\/p>\n

Local media is also reporting evacuation at the Wanaka Puzzling\u00a0World attraction park.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was significant, we evacuated quick because we didn’t\u00a0know whether it was going to get worse,\u201d<\/em> Heidi Landsborough
\nof Puzzling World said. \u201cIt was a bit difficult because we\u00a0had a few people who thought it was part of the experience.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

GeoNet geohazards information manager Kevin Fenaughty told\u00a0Fairfax NZ News that no structural damage is expected as a result\u00a0of this earthquake. Moderate shaking was also felt in\u00a0Dunedin, Alexandra and Queenstown on the South Island.<\/p>\n

New Zealand partially\u00a0lies on the eastern margin of the Australia plate which is one of\u00a0the most seismically active areas of the world, due to the\u00a0convergence of the Australia and Pacific plates.<\/p>\n

This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\n Published time: May 04, 2015 02:57
Edited time: May 04, 2015 03:29 <\/span>
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Image from earthquake.usgs.gov<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck 30km north west of Wanaka, on the South Island of New Zealand. Hundreds of people felt tremors, registered by the local geological hazard information service as “severe.”<\/p>\n

\n There were no immediate reports of damage after the initial quake
\n struck at 2:29pm local time. The USGS registered the depth of the
\n quake at 10km.\n<\/p>\n

\n A second and lighter 3.4 tremor followed about 10 minutes later.
\n It was located 20km west of Wanaka at a depth of 11km.\n<\/p>\n

\n “It gave us all a bit of a shock,”<\/em> Wanaka Tourism Office
\n general manager James Helmore told Fairfax NZ News<\/span>, as shaking persisted for some 15
\n seconds.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n “There may be some minor damage in plastering” h<\/em>e said,
\n but there was none he could see at that moment.\n<\/p>\n

\n Local media is also reporting evacuation at the Wanaka Puzzling
\n World attraction park.\n<\/p>\n

\n “It was significant, we evacuated quick because we didn’t
\n know whether it was going to get worse,”<\/em> Heidi Landsborough
\n of Puzzling World said. “It was a bit difficult because we
\n had a few people who thought it was part of the experience.”<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

\n GeoNet geohazards information manager Kevin Fenaughty told
\n Fairfax NZ News that no structural damage is expected as a result
\n of this earthquake. Moderate shaking was also felt in
\n Dunedin, Alexandra and Queenstown on the South Island.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n New Zealand partially
\n lies on the eastern margin of the Australia plate which is one of
\n the most seismically active areas of the world, due to the
\n convergence of the Australia and Pacific plates.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

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