There was a 4.1 Magnitude this evening approx. 150km south-west of us, at a depth of just 5km. We didn’t feel any tremors but have speculated that the quake was triggered by eating a heavy meal of rib-eye steaks and a giant home-made ciabatta.
The quake was near Franz Joseph glacier on the Alpine Fault – the likely epicentre of a major quake on the West Coast as discussed by Allan Wilson, Civil Defence Controller at the Grey District Council.