Earthquake in Picton.

About 11.50am today, Friday 15 May, we felt a reasonably good earthquake in Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand. The epicentre was apparently close to our picturesque town and was measured at about 4.2 on the Richter scale. There is no damage reported so far, so that is good. Earlier in the morning we experienced gale force Northerly winds and heavy rain but as I write this the wind has abated and the sun is shining again.