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post #106 of 113
2/26/11 at 6:10pm

Phwoar. Glad to be alive right now!

 

I was on Kilmore St in the CBD at work when it hit - it was notably worse than the first one shake-wise. Saw a few buildings basically crumble when we ran outside!

 

A bit of trivia - the peak ground acceleration during this quake was 2.2G - or about 3x that of most magnitude 6.3 shakes, and just under twice that of the big 7.1 in September.

 

Current estimates are that around 30% of the central business district is going to have to be demolished, and there are many hundred homes around the city (so far) that are uninhabitable.

 

Wow.

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post #107 of 113
2/26/11 at 6:44pm

Is there any speculation/prediction of more after quakes to come? I haven't kept up to date but it seems that in Sept. there were a lot of after shocks soon after.

 

I imagine that there are some damaged buildings now that could crumble and some weakened slightly that would progress into the demolish list if another substantial quake hits.

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post #108 of 113
4/16/11 at 2:57am

There was another earthquake earlier today.  

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post #109 of 113
4/16/11 at 4:12am
Yeah but it really wasn't all that bad. I expect there'll be another 5-6 within the next few months as well since that seems to be the trend. They're not going away. May as well get used to them.
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post #110 of 113
6/12/11 at 10:24pm
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*sigh*

 

Can we just re-name this city Quake City.....

 

Just had 5.5 and a 6.0. Twas good. Usual aftershocks of the aftershocks still continuing.

For overseas peeps, go for New Zealand news websites for better more detailed infomation.


Edited by chinesekiwi - 6/12/11 at 10:26pm
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post #111 of 113
6/12/11 at 11:28pm

They're such an inconvenience. Schools out till Wednesday but we were already very behind from the 22nd one. We need all the time we can get :/

 

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post #112 of 113
12/24/11 at 8:16pm

I hope the damage is minimal this time.  

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post #113 of 113
12/25/11 at 2:38am

I gather that Xmas services were held outside today due to the number of aftershocks from the most recent quake.

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