Christchurch jolted by sharp earthquake: 'The house boomed and rattled'

A shaky start to the week for Christchurch with a M3.9 quake, 7km depth. Over 4000 of you reported feeling that one. Just another reminder that the Christchurch aftershock sequence is still ongoing. Take care #eqnz pic.twitter.com/0cOdpGxTh5

— GeoNet (@geonet) July 21, 2019

Significant shake felt in Hillsborough, Christchurch just now. Felt local and shallow. The house boomed and rattled. #eqnz

— Peter Taylor (@pete_taylor) July 21, 2019

well that rocked my workplace like crazy.... #eqnz #quake

— Craig Watson (@Craig4Selwyn) July 21, 2019

JFC! That #eqnz hit with a BANG and shook the h*ck out of the house. Very scary in Somerfield. 😭

— April G 🎨🐱📽📮✈ (@testpatern) July 21, 2019

#eqnz good shake in CHCH this morning. plenty of vertical motion felt on the 2nd floor here in town

— Jonathan Dymock (@jonathandymock) July 21, 2019

The small (2yrs old) felt his 1st #earthquake today.
After a quick cuddle (mostly for Mum) and a bit of explanation he was able to tell me "Like a BIG bulldozer pushing the earth. Making it pop". He gets it.
If it can be related back to heavy machinery it's understood 👷👌#eqnz https://t.co/xUICEWhyDX

— Bec McMaster (@bec_mcmaster) July 21, 2019

The quake was just celebrating the Silver Ferns victory #eqnz

— Matt Hall-Smith (@MattHallSmith21) July 21, 2019

earthquake...short jolt but a real humdinger #EQNZ

— Charity FC (@MarcelinNZ) July 21, 2019