Poor Christchurch. There's been another earthquake. They had one about five months ago, and have been having a scary series of aftershocks ever since. Today there was another big one. And it looks pretty bad.
We're on the other island, and we didn't even feel it. We're safe.
But there are reports of major damage, deaths, and injuries there.
The local paper's website has information about it. Click to read, and then hit your 'refresh' button. They update it every few minutes.
The earthquake in September was a 7.1, same as the earthquake that basically levelled Haiti. But Chch sustained amazingly little damage in that quake-- mostly cosmetic. They attributed the lack of deaths/injuries to the fact that it came at about 4:30 AM and everyone was at home in bed instead of out in the street where things could fall on them. Today's quake was 6.3, they're saying, followed closely by aftershocks of 5.7 and 5.3. Reports of structural damage sound more widespread this time, not surprisingly I suppose since the whole area has been rattled again and again in recent months. As for the human cost, it came right during the lunch hour, so... well.
We're on the other island, and we didn't even feel it. We're safe.
But there are reports of major damage, deaths, and injuries there.
The local paper's website has information about it. Click to read, and then hit your 'refresh' button. They update it every few minutes.
The earthquake in September was a 7.1, same as the earthquake that basically levelled Haiti. But Chch sustained amazingly little damage in that quake-- mostly cosmetic. They attributed the lack of deaths/injuries to the fact that it came at about 4:30 AM and everyone was at home in bed instead of out in the street where things could fall on them. Today's quake was 6.3, they're saying, followed closely by aftershocks of 5.7 and 5.3. Reports of structural damage sound more widespread this time, not surprisingly I suppose since the whole area has been rattled again and again in recent months. As for the human cost, it came right during the lunch hour, so... well.
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Thanks for posting! Saw earthquake on news and wondered how you were. Glad you are safe!!
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