Earthquake.

[Austin Costin]

Holy shit, 4.33am, a very rude awakening felt like a freight train coming through the house, pitch black the whole place shaking wildly with the sound of objects breaking and falling all around, me and the wife staggard out of bed and headed for the kids rooms stumbling over all the debris on the way, got the kids into the kitchen and got everyone under the kitchen table and hung on tight for what seemed like forever.
Could'nt believe how unprepared we were for this, it was hard to locate a torch, matches or candles in the pitch black and panic of the moment.
Needless to say we have come out the other side fairly unscathed with only minor damage, the garage was in a bit of a mess but the mini's survived any damage.
I hav'nt had the chance to speak to any other NZ Mk1 members so far as we have only had a telephone line and power for a few hours.

[landscape.design]

Hey Paul
Know exactly how you feel - amazed at how mush a building can move without collapsing....pleased to hear you are all o.k as we are.
Might be a good time to open that 12 year old bourbon.....

Mike

[austinisuseless]

Yep, we heard in Britland, with their plus 5+ aftershocks.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11187166

USGS will no doubt be impressed,
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... tralia.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... ia_eqs.php

[austinisuseless]

The bigger picture. The bigger the square, the bigger the time to dive under that big thick dinning table.... , and all that.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

[mk1coopers]

Good to hear that you are all OK what did you do first, check the house or the cars?,

[KA2S4]

Hi Paul, have been thinking about you and your garage full of ephemera!

Meg and I were up at the sounds at the time and didn't feel a thing

Got an early morning text from Shylo asking how we were, and wondered why he was asking...

Arrived home a few hours ago and not much damage luckily. I had 4 S wheels on top of the shelf at the back of the garage, and they were on the floor, a bit bent but none of them landed on the car. The 1275 motor on the floor had fallen over too.

Drove through town and was amazed by the damage to all the old brick buildings.

J

[InimiaD]

Good to hear that everyone escaped any serious injuries / damage.

[bluemin]

felt like a freight train coming through the house, pitch black the whole place shaking wildly with the sound of objects breaking and falling all around

That pretty much sounds that it would get even me up in the morning.

Glad to hear though that everyone is OK as are the motors.

Did I hear that the quake made a whacking great crack in the earth's crust? Must watch where I step in future.

[graeme1293]

So no cheap damaged S's coming up - bugger!

[Gray]

Glad to hear you guys are all OK, when I heard I immediatly thought of you guys and your cars, hope it all does not cause too much disruption.

[COOPERCO]

Glad to hear there was no major damage to people or cars.

You lot aren't even asking for International Aid, although i'm not sure where the UN would find a plane load of NOS B.M.C. parts to get out to you

[morris-miner]

Certainly glad to hear you are all save and sound, our thoughts and best wishes are with you and your families.

[66S]

Hi guys, we came through relatively unscathed too. A few small low cost things broken and all my model cars took a self-drive off the shelf. One or two are write-offs but not valuable. In my workshop, a few things fallen over, some paint cans on the floor but no spills. It was one hell of a shake, I can tell you.

Glad to hear all our Kiwi members are OK, I can't help but think we are all very lucky.

Regards
Al

[mk1]

Sounds like you guys have been having some fun!

I'm very relieved to hear that apart from a few badly stained trousers and a few fallen over things you have all got away with it.

It can't be the best way to wake up in the middle of the night though.

[austinisuseless]

Blimey! Still looks as if it is still rattling a bit in NZ. A couple of plus 5 tremours the last six hours or so. shiaite
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... ia_eqs.php

[austinisuseless]

holy monkeys, 5.2 in the north island now, christ.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... ia_eqs.php

[SteveG]

Hi Guys.

My garage and the 2 minis inside tried to slide down the driveway. I have a inch 1/2 crack when it joins the house. Looks like the roof joists has stoped it going further.

minis OK but house has some nasty cracks all around it. Looking at the rest of my road we are actually lucky. I'd say 60% of my street will be pulled down.

Steve

[JC T ONE]

Hi,

good to hear that no one was hurt, and it seems that most Mini,s survived also

its some awesome photos, cant imagine how big a rumble that was


Jens Christian

[Austin Costin]

Had a 5.1 this morning, they origionally thought it was a 6.0, until they realised that it was from a totally different direction and only 6Ks away, and was also 6ks down
Most people are getting very down about it all now as there is talk of another "big One"

Keep Calm and Carry On.

[JC T ONE]

Had a 5.1 this morning, they origionally thought it was a 6.0, until they realised that it was from a totally different direction and only 6Ks away, and was also 6ks down
Most people are getting very down about it all now as there is talk of another "big One"

Keep Calm and Carry On.

It was on our news 2 O,clock this night/morning, not good lets hope it dont comes to that.