7.4 is a big one! I was once in a 7.6, it pancaked tall buildings and killed many people. It was so powerful I couldn’t even walk out of the building, because you couldn’t walk — the shaking was so great. The lights went out after about 15 seconds. We were helpless.
A big quake indeed. Our prayers for those affected. I hope the aftershocks are comparatively mild.
Got a first hand report from a FReeper, DieHard the Hunter, that lives there and he said he even felt it up in the hills where he lives for about 15 seconds, and that there are 2 tsunamis reported “near Wellington both islands”, a serious deal.