A 7.8 magnitude earthquake accomplished hundreds of years of continental drift in a few seconds. The Guardian reports that the quake has jolted New Zealand's South Island closer to Australia. As the The Guardian put it, "Global positioning systems showed that Te Anau, a town in the remote Fiordland region, was now 10 cm closer to Australia, it said, while the South Island's south-western tip, Puysegur Point, was 30cm (11.8ins) closer." Although the earthquake was New Zealand's biggest in 78 years, it caused only slight property damage when it struck last Thursday.
Read it at The Guardian
