Thirty minutes ago we had a fairly long, rocking and rolling earthquake. We are told by GeoNet it was a magnitude 6.1 on the Richter scale at a depth of 48 km and 50 km northwest of Paraparaumu. Paraparaumu is where my son lives and where I dogs Daisydog.
It was felt far afield apparently but not, we hope in those areas trying to deal with the devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle.
Because of the cyclone, a National State of Emergency has been declared for only the third time in New Zealand’s history.
So more bad news from our little corner of the world. Would somebody please find Mother Nature’s meds and check that she takes them
JB February 15, 2023
Wellington, NZ
A World Apart 
Reblogged this on I choose how I will spend the rest of my life and commented:
Rocking and Rolling here
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Oh dear. Please keep safe. I hope your son and his family are OK and Daisy Dog.
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Thank you Darlene. We art all well. Generally, we are quite blasé about earthquakes, but this is just one more thing that we don’t need right now.
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Exactly!!
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Hope everything is safe and healthy with you all.
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All safe and well here thanks.
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Thanks for your comment. As a family, we have not been affected by the disasters of the past couple of weeks, but friends who live in the areas are devastated.
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I heard about this on the news. Glad to hear you’re well. Maggie
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Yes, thank you we are.
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Thanks for caring. As a family we were not affected by the disasters but we have several friends and we worry about them.
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With all the stuff happening around the world these days maybe Mother Nature is expressing her displeasure about how we treat her.
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Oh, Patricia, I am sure you are right
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Wow, that’s big! The largest one I experienced was a 7.2 in 2010. It was CRAZY. Stay safe!
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Hi Princess Rosebud. As I said, we are quite blase about earthquakes here, but that was just one more unneeded thing.
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Here in New Zealand, we are quite blasé about earthquakes; not so cyclones. Thanks for reading and commenting
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I am in awe of the dramatic beauty of you country but the idea of quakes does worry me sometimes. I think you handle it very well!
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