7.0 earthquake hits Christchurch, New Zealand

There have been 2 or 3 really sharp, violent aftershocks in the last 15mins.

10.15am to 10.30am here in Christchurch.

Its a beautiful, sunny day, calm, so at least the weather is not hampering any cleanup efforts.

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[edit on 3-9-2010 by grantbeed]

Originally posted by lasertaglover
An incredible link to a live radio broadcast for the region was provided by another ATS member from New Zealand over on the Quake Watch 2010 thread.

Listening to live reports of a lot of destruction, bridges unstable and damaged, instructions on boiling water, a lot of sewage issues throughout the region. Also mention of concern because this quake was not along the major fault line, rather an offshoot of the one that they are believe might cause their 'Big one' some time. Casualty reports starting to come in. Live aftershock reports are rattling nerves there.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Citing my source:

Originally posted by muzzy
Live Radio Reports here on Radio NZ _for now anyway_

click on the earphones, top left corner.

You'll know as much as anyone does.

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Earlier two seperate people who were in San Francisco 1989 quake said this was stronger
Also liquification in the eastern suburbs, sand volcanos etc

Sounds like sewege system breakdown in New Brighton may cause evacuation there

[edit on 3-9-2010 by muzzy]

[edit on 3-9-2010 by lasertaglover]

my heart goes out to them.

and,----there's always room for humor to brighten their and our day. it was no doubt unintentional but these lines cracked me up!

"Sounds like sewege system breakdown in New Brighton may cause evacuation there"

reply to post by k0mbination


here are the recognised fault lines
this eq is from an unknown blind fault




xp
ps im in auckland

[edit on 3-9-2010 by XPLodER]

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most of my family is up north to, ya kinda feel helpless from across the tasmin, so thinking of your family and wish you all luck,, and hope the recovery is quick. Hell just heard that people of looting in some areas. hope they step in a hole and disappear

reply to post by XPLodER


great pick. OK well maybe there is something there then, but...well NZ does like to rock and roll a lot!

reply to post by grantbeed


weather reports are saying expect cold snow/rain overnight

there are going to be alot of cold kiwis

xp

reply to post by k0mbination


i heard from family the first place looted was the bottle store
with wiskey and cigeretts going mostly

down town chch has been closed

xploder

reply to post by XPLodER


well actually have to laugh at that (even tho it's naughty) noticed on your map theres a fault missing from the coro or is that my memory playing tricks

reply to post by k0mbination


rock n roll cheack out this eq map its positivly hopping today lol




lots of activity on the map
xp

reply to post by XPLodER


bloody hell!!!!!!!! swing time on the old farm!!!! great info where you getting this stuff from XP?

reply to post by k0mbination


well were on edge atm there are a few volcanos that have being naughty latley

White Island is at Alert Level 1:
Signs of volcano unrest.
Ruapehu is at Alert Level 1:
Signs of volcano unrest.
Ngauruhoe is at Alert Level 0:
Usual dormant or quiescent state.
Kermadec Islands is at Alert Level 0:
Usual dormant

www.geonet.org.nz...

new zealand has a huge number of volcanos and some people are looking to see if this has effected any

xploder

reply to post by XPLodER


Just talked to mom in the coro, she's say's they felt nothing but it's making her nervous (she remember's Napier)
stay out of the hot pools!

Guy on TV just said that power has been restored to Christchurch hospital. Power starting to be restored to other parts of the city too.

reply to post by k0mbination





location of files
www.geonet.org.nz...

xp

reply to post by grantbeed


trying to keep updated but there's not a lot on TV here in aus except for snippits at this hour of the morning. Hope all is good with you matey

reply to post by XPLodER


Thanks XP

reply to post by k0mbination


i have heard stories of napier eq lifting the sea floor up to 1.5 mtrs
not sure but i beleive thats were the land for the airport came from
it lifted up out of the sea

xp

edit to add this napier earthquake happen many years ago and is not connected to the chch quake

didnt mean to scare people lol


[edit on 3-9-2010 by XPLodER]

reply to post by XPLodER


yeah thats right, Napier got wiped of the map, now it's the largest surviving art deco style city in the world (apparently) since it got all rebuilt in that stlye

Originally posted by TortoiseKweek

WTF is going on in NZ?? That kind of quake is unheard of in NZ. They are volcanic islands, but EQ's?? Nuts!!

[edit on 3-9-2010 by TortoiseKweek]

Ummm... the two are directly linked in most ways

The North Island where I come from is the more geologically active Island, hell Aucklands got something like 50 volcanic cones, used to look out of our houses living room window and see the biggest one out off the shore (and its only dormant), while the South Island I believe is the much more stable island, its older as well.

But we get EQ's all the time here, at least one 3.1-4 a week gets reported on Teletext.

So its in no way odd.

Yay for the NZ civil defense system and building codes seems to have made quite a difference, from a complete disaster to a more manageable one.

reply to post by k0mbination





10 years of deep and shallow eqs

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