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Queenstown shakes
Buildings in Queenstown shook just after midnight on Friday morning
due to the largest earthquake to hit the town for several decades.
The 7.1 richter epicentre was located 140kms off shore in the Tasman
Sea and was felt as far away as Sydney and Auckland.
 
The floor started moving, but
it wasn't the beer
In Queenstown, the initial shock was long
enough and sufficient enough to alarm everyone. Walls and floors
rumbled and items were knocked off shelves. There were no known
injuries or fatalities.
Many of the town's resort staff were still out drinking after the
Natives Show Love party and initially took
the quake for some over-enthusiastic dancing, until the walls as
well as floor started to move.
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