"Powerful" 'quake in New Zealand.

Elmer Blooker

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37967178Only breaking news in the last few minutes, hopefully not as bad as it seems.

osarusan

Near Christchurch again, same as 2011.

7.4 magnitude, whereas the 2011 was 6.3.

But the epicentre of that one was only 11 km away from Christchurch, whereas this one is about 95km away, so it won't have a 7.4 force in Christchurch.

nice_guy80

That's a pretty rural area.

Hope there are no casualties

Pherekydes

The rugby gods must be unhappy.

Jimbob1977

It must be so harrowing for residents to build and rebuild every few generations. They appreciate that they are living on dangerous ground and it's only a matter of time.

Ireland is lucky that it has a benign weather and geological position. Natural disasters are uncommon and infrequent.

bnt

Along with the magnitude, we should also look at the depth figure: 10 km. This is quite shallow, meaning that the effects will be stronger over a smaller area.
GDACS categorises this one as Orange, with light damage within a 110km radius, (Christchurch is 92km away.)

suicide_circus

NZ Herald reporting tsunami threat for the south island

Harry Palmr

That corner of New Zealand has really woken from it's slumber, the 7th significant quake (6.0+) since 2010 having gone since 1995 with nothing of note

mackeire

Pherekydes wrote: »

The rugby gods must be unhappy.

Good one 🙄 hope nobody was hurt

snubbleste

Harry Palmr wrote: »

That corner of New Zealand has really woken from it's slumber, the 7th significant quake (6.0+) since 2010 having gone since 1995 with nothing of note

I know what you mean, 673 died, 27k injured in an earthquake in Ecuador in April
No AH thread though.

wakka12

snubbleste wrote: »

I know what you mean, 673 died, 27k injured in an earthquake in Ecuador in April
No AH thread though.

Why didnt you start one?

lawred2

wakka12 wrote: »

Why didnt you start one?

Indeed

snubbleste

wakka12 wrote: »

Why didnt you start one?

Because "powerful" earthquakes happen regularly.

B0jangles

Jimbob1977 wrote: »

It must be so harrowing for residents to build and rebuild every few generations. They appreciate that they are living on dangerous ground and it's only a matter of time.

Ireland is lucky that it has a benign weather and geological position. Natural disasters are uncommon and infrequent.

Go touch some wood RIGHT NOW.

2016 has been bad enough without you getting us smacked out of it by a meteor because you tempted fate :mad:

Crow92

Here in Wellington, it hit at like just after midnight, been here 3 years and never felt it like that before :-O whole house shaking and now I can't sleep, small sunami warnings in the coasts also and feeling continual aftershocks still.

hannible the cannible

snubbleste wrote: »

I know what you mean, 673 died, 27k injured in an earthquake in Ecuador in April
No AH thread though.

Yes , because we have so many heritage and historical ties with Ecuador

Cookie_Monster

Woken up at 5 past midnight by a lot of rolling. First time I've felt the need to react to a quake here in New Plymouth. Very long duration and A LOT of movement, pretty scary stuff.

2 confirmed killed so far unfortunately and the town of Kaikoura has been cut off due to blocked road and rail links.
Lots of damage in Wellington and Christchurch, buckled roads, smashed glass etc.

Cookie_Monster

400 odd aftershocks so far, some 5+

A very visual showcase of the forces involved
https://twitter.com/ReskueDave/status/797946908832448512

maudgonner

This is amazing - the quake affected the Large Hadron Collider.

https://twitter.com/claranellist/status/797893774063980544

tomwaterford

maudgonner wrote: »

This is amazing - the quake affected the Large Hadron Collider.

https://twitter.com/claranellist/status/797893774063980544

That's deadly!!


Where can Ya access that feed....wonder deos it pick up the aftershocks

punk_one82

Flying into Wellington this evening. Hopefully the damage is minimal.

Cookie_Monster

punk_one82 wrote: »

Flying into Wellington this evening. Hopefully the damage is minimal.

It's not. It's not terrible in Wellington but ferry and rail is cancelled (and damaged) and a lot of glass damage in the CBD. CBD is effectively closed as buildings are checked one by one for damage and large risk of glass falling. Roads intact and buses running for most parts. Port areas closed off.

see here:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/86417110/75-magnitude-earthquake-what-you-need-to-know

jacksie66

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punk_one82

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

It's not. It's not terrible in Wellington but ferry and rail is cancelled (and damaged) and a lot of glass damage in the CBD. CBD is effectively closed as buildings are checked one by one for damage and large risk of glass falling. Roads intact and buses running for most parts. Port areas closed off.

see here:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/86417110/75-magnitude-earthquake-what-you-need-to-know

Yeah my hotel is on Featherston Street and everywhere around it is closed, broken glass in the streets etc. Into work this morning in the one office we have that's open. Cracks in the footpath on the way in. I know the damage isn't terrible here but I've certainly never seen anything like it. Glad it wasn't much worse.

Guy:Incognito

Had to laugh at the indo (I think it was) on facebook. The story popped up telling of a couple of deaths and plenty of destruction. The picture they chose to accompany the story was a plant knocked over in a sitting room. :rolleyes:

jacksie66

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JupiterKid

It looks like New Zealand is going through a pretty bad period at the moment in terms of big earthquakes.:(