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Another earthquake in Christchurch
5.8 magnitude.
Awful news for a town which can't take a trick ATM. Best wishes to any CWers and their families who may be effected.
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****ty news
All the best anyone on here affected in any way.From a geological point of view is a quake of this size expected in the year or two after the first one?
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I don't think this was unexpected, there just hasn't been one for a while and the timing is atrocious.
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Best wishes to any CWers and all other kiwis in the city. No reports of injuries yet that I've found since getting home ten minutes ago, which is good news.
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EDIT: apparently there is a school of thought in GNS that expects these size of quakes to be quite a regular occurrence for the next century in the Canterbury area. This presents a problem where they have a race to build everything to appropriate standard before a quake tips it all over again... I have no idea how widespread that thought is though. I'm just an undergrad spouting what my lecturers and random GNS peeps tell me.
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Fortunately no casualties reported, but yet another massive 'shake-up' (excuse the pun) for the city at the worst possible time & more bad times for business owners (particularly retailers).
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Tell you what though, as ****ty as these quakes are for Cantabrians, it's a ****ing miracle more people haven't been injured or killed. Touch wood, we've only had one really bad quake.
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Was listening on the radio and sounded like there was a second tremor during the report, some unconfirmed reports of injuries as well.
Really bad stuff and what a terrible time to happen. |
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@ Zinzan
Nah it was 5.3, but I still can't find out what depth it is. ****ing hell at the depths of these bastards though. Since the first quake the vast majority have been very, very shallow. |
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