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| Giant eagle sculpture crashes from New Zealand airport ceiling in severe earthquake | Giant eagle sculpture crashes from New Zealand airport ceiling in severe earthquake |
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| A severe magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand on Monday damaged homes, closed roads, and caused an enormous eagle to crash from the ceiling of Wellington Airport. | A severe magnitude earthquake that hit New Zealand on Monday damaged homes, closed roads, and caused an enormous eagle to crash from the ceiling of Wellington Airport. |
| The statue, with a 45 feet wingspan, used to advertise the latest instalment in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, fell from the airport ceiling in central New Zealand. | The statue, with a 45 feet wingspan, used to advertise the latest instalment in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, fell from the airport ceiling in central New Zealand. |
| It hit 19-year-old Lauren Stone in the head as it fell, according the Dominion Post. | It hit 19-year-old Lauren Stone in the head as it fell, according the Dominion Post. |
| She told the newspaper: "[The eagle] started shaking heaps and rattling, we jumped under the table." | She told the newspaper: "[The eagle] started shaking heaps and rattling, we jumped under the table." |
| "The eagle fell on top of us. We ran away. I definitely know I was hit on the head but it didn't hurt or anything like that. All the mums were screaming, it was quite panicked." | "The eagle fell on top of us. We ran away. I definitely know I was hit on the head but it didn't hurt or anything like that. All the mums were screaming, it was quite panicked." |
| A second sculpture being ridden by a statue of the character Gandalf remained in place on the ceiling during the quake, according to the Telegraph. | A second sculpture being ridden by a statue of the character Gandalf remained in place on the ceiling during the quake, according to the Telegraph. |
| An airport spokesman, Greg Thomas, told the newspaper: "The Gandalf one is fine. We will be conducting an engineering inspection on it to check it is OK." | An airport spokesman, Greg Thomas, told the newspaper: "The Gandalf one is fine. We will be conducting an engineering inspection on it to check it is OK." |
| "We are in the process of investigating what failed on the second eagle," he said. | "We are in the process of investigating what failed on the second eagle," he said. |
| The New Zealand Herald reported that the 17 mile (27 km) deep, 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck the rural Wairarapa region at 3:52pm, 80 miles (128 km) north of the capital Wellington. | |
| The tremors lasted for around a minute. | |
| An eyewitness who experienced the quake told reporters: "It was kind of of scary, it was just shaking everywhere." | |
| There were no reports of serious injuries after the tremors, but three 1920s style buildings in the town of Masterton were evacuated as a precaution. | |
| Wellington last experienced tremors in August last year after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook the capital. | Wellington last experienced tremors in August last year after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook the capital. |