Earthquake
26 August 2008 – 12:19 am
Location of the epicentre(Source:USGS, under public domain.)(click to enlarge)
Most people should know it by now ... This one's quite big, the quake happened around 23.25NZST, Geonet measured it as magnitude 5.9 , or Mw 5.4 according to USGS. just 10km south-west of Hastings.
Still have no news on any damages. The MMI is around 6, which may result some light damages but it is very unlikely to directly cause any injuries or death.
Preliminary details showed that the quake is felt across the lower part of North Island, from Taupo to Wellington. Not felt in Auckland.
At the moment one aftershock is recorded and I do expect at least another one or two around M 3.0. And I suspect the M 3.0 event recorded Monday morning is a foreshock.
That's all I can tell from the information avaialble, going back to sleep now ...
