Tens of thousands of people on both of New Zealand's main islands reported feeling Wednesday night's earthquake. Image courtesy GeoNet/Twitter
Mathew 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Important Takeaways:
- Strong earthquake shakes New Zealand
- The temblor hit the Cook Strait off the coast of the capital Wellington at 7:38 p.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said, adding it was at a depth of 46 miles.
- The USGS said it was a 5.7 magnitude strike while its New Zealand counterpart, GeoNet, registered it as a magnitude 6.1.
- More than 61,000 people reported experiencing the temblor, GeoNet said, explaining that the depth it hit means “it was felt more widely and strongly.”
- A second earthquake, this one a magnitude 4.0, was registered at 8 p.m. near Taumarunui, which is about 227 miles north of Wellington.
- No tsunami warning has been issued.
- The earthquakes hit as New Zealand combats the effects of a cyclone that wreaked havoc on the North Island this week.
- On Tuesday, the country declared a National State of Emergency for only the third time in its history.
- “It is already a really stressful time for people
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