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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 13 Nov 2016

    Earthquake of magnitude 7.4 strikes near Christchurch in New Zealand, hit by deadly tremor in 2011, US experts sayhttp://bbc.in/2eU8g3h 

    3:20 AM - 13 Nov 2016
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      2. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        NZ Civil Defence warns a tsunami is possible. People near the east coast of south island should move to high groundhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37967178 …

        54 replies 2,006 retweets 783 likes
      3. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says two people killed in earthquakehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-37967178 …

        32 replies 577 retweets 350 likes
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      2. Alex Bond‏ @alexiebond 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        It felt worse than the first one we ever had. The fear and shock are the same.

        6 replies 6 retweets 42 likes
      3. John‏ @allsportsfan66 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @alexiebond

        what time is it there??

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      2. WebScale Webster‏ @vcdxnz001 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @marcelvandenber @BBCNews why not ask the New Zealand experts that are actually on the ground? US got the details wrong as per

        1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
      3. Mighty Mouse  🌫️‏ @MightyMouseMe 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @vcdxnz001 @BBCBreaking and

        I know, like http://geonet.org.nz  for example.

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. Marcel van den Berg ☁‏ @marcelvandenber 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @MightyMouseMe @vcdxnz001 and

        The difference is interesting. All foreign media quote the USGS http://on.doi.gov/2fMIlbg 

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. EMSC‏Verified account @LastQuake 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @SwissRe

        It's not 7.4 but around 7.9

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      2. Jordi Izquierdo‏ @jordi_ic 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        @loonytoons are you ok??!!

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Alex Lüneburg‏ @loonytoons 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @jordi_ic

        yup, all good thanks Jordi. Was up in a plane, they had to check the runway for damage. Quake was far enough from Auckland though

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      4. Jordi Izquierdo‏ @jordi_ic 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @loonytoons

        phew! Glad you're safe :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Dave Roper  🎼  🎹‏ @Roper_Dope 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        It was long and intense, and now as i type this we have aftershocks.

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      2. Anne Robertson‏ @robeanne 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        felt in North Island too. Here in Hamilton usually immune from shakes but it rolled for a few minutes

        3 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
      3. Mighty Mouse  🌫️‏ @MightyMouseMe 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @robeanne @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        http://Geonet.org.nz  has recorded 17 quakes over last hour, some in Nth island too, prob be those u felt

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Philip Newman-Hall‏ @PNH_Hotelier 13 Nov 2016
        Replying to @BBCBreaking @BBCNews

        Thinking of Christchurch that still has so much to rebuild.pic.twitter.com/iaJX37DsaN

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