You will have heard that there was a major earthquake in New Zealand on the 3rd of September.
We were lucky to have felt it only as a mild tremor. Jenny was at home in Masterton and I was camping alongside the Huka river near Taupo. Both of us woke up shortly before the quake hit. I woke because I heard the rumble and thought it was a big truck driving past. Then we both felt the quake.
What an amazing thing that there were no fatalities in Christchurch, particularly when you see the massive damage to property. Something that is really mind bending are all of the aftershocks. I couldn't quite comprehend the effect of those until I say this animated map;
http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/
