New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern barely skipped a beat when an earthquake struck during a live TV interview, telling her interviewer: 'We’re just having a bit of an earthquake here.' More details:
"We’re just having a bit of an earthquake here," said Jacinda Ardern.
She interrupted Newshub host Ryan Bridge to tell him what was happening at the parliament complex in the capital, Wellington. New Zealand sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and is sometimes called the Shaky Isles for its frequent quakes. Monday’s magnitude 5.6 quake struck in the ocean about 100 kilometers northeast of Wellington, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Ardern continued on with her interview, telling the host the shaking had stopped. "We’re fine, Ryan," she said. "I’m not under any hanging lights, I look like I’m in a structurally sound place."
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