6.3 Quake rocks New Zealand

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Yeah, not a biggie where I am.
There are a few reports of some minor damage, and no reports of death or injuries.
Biggest thing seems to be a giant eagle fell from the ceiling of Wellington Airport.
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We weren't even sure that it was an earthquake, here (about 200 km from the epicentre) it was a long, gentle shake.
 
Just big.
It's actually to promote the movie "The Hobbit". There are actually two of them. You can just see the wing-tip of the other ne in the top left corner of the photo.
Up until recently there was a huge Gollum from Lord of the Rings.

I believe that they were modelled on the extinct NZ Haasts Eagle, which had a wingspan of 2-3 metres. So, we had big eagles, just not that big!
 
Just imagine surviving the quake only to have one of those bigass eagles fall on you...

"What happened to Uncle Lou?"

"Well, he was killed by a bigass eagle"

"Uh...he WHAT?? Auntie, have you been nipping at the cooking sherrie again??"
 

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