This earthquake had an epicentre very near the city of 375,000 people.
If you need to contact someone in the short term, please try text messaging (and be patient) - the telephone networks are very busy.
Here are some links to further information.
- Civil Defence for official government information and warnings
- NZ Herald's real-time information
- Photos on The Age
- People-finder app on Google
- Information about recent earthquakes/aftershocks in New Zealand
- Information from the US Geological Survey
- Donate via NZ Red Cross or Salvation Army
- A great list of practical ways for people to help is at the NZ Herald.
Good luck Christchurch - we're thinking of you and will do whatever we can to help. xox
The Twitterverse is telling me you can donate through the NZ Red Cross. Although their website doesn't say anything as yet, which is hardly surprising...
ReplyDeleteThanks, I had noticed the same thing. I'm sure donations will go to the right place even now, so I'll add a link and update it as needed.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear from you Kat, was about to stalk you on facebook to make sure you were ok. So, so sad for everyone suffering right now. All my thoughts and love xxoo
ReplyDeleteThanks Jess - people are going to need a vast amount of support after this. You can prepare (somewhat) for a fire, a flood... but earthquakes come without warning.
ReplyDeleteWe're only a small country (about 4m people), so an event like this in our second largest city is just devastating.