Originally Posted by s_k

I am a bit staggered about the damage too.
It's really an incredible mess.
We've had an earthquake of 5.4 here back in 1992.
I believe only a coupe of houses had serious damage.
I can't believe how 'only' 6.3 can do this...
Then I don't know much about earthquakes.
This almost looks like war or third world territory. It's hard to believe that that is actually NZ...