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Earthquake hits New Zealand Prime Minister’s press conference

A slight earthquake disrupted New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Friday press conference on the future after lifting the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Ardern, despite a catastrophic earthquake in the country recently, reacted pleasantly calmly to the unexpected situation.

They were just asking when the ground shook. Ardern first raised his head with a worried face and clung to the platform, then smiled and said, “Excuse me, a little confused, are you going to repeat the question?”

The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale, and its epicenter was under the middle of the North Island at a depth of 210 km. New Zealand earthquake researcher GeoNet received 25,000 public reports of the quake, but no major damage was reported.

Small earthquakes are very common in New Zealand. 5.9 – strong is already considered moderately strong, but the current level is still so moderate that, according to Ardern’s report, Deputy Finance Minister Grant Robertson wasn’t even sure it wasn’t the winds that shook the government. Building. “I don’t expect anything else from a representative of the Wellington Central Circle,” Ardern joked, noting that earthquakes are most common around Wellington, with 1,350 earthquakes stronger than 4 last year. (via Watchman)

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