Aftershock Earthquake in Christchurch [NZ]

[JerseySafety]

Well last year September a pretty big quake hit Christchurch, which is situated on the South Island of New Zealand.

An aftershock has occurred today at 12:51PM, it was very sharp and only 5km deep.Today's quake was 6.3 Magnitude. It was followed by a 5.7 magnitude aftershock at 1.04pm at a depth of 6km. The original earthquake in September was around 45km in depth.

If you didn't know, the deeper it is, the less damage it will cause, so this is a very serious earthquake.

The aftershock is a lot worse than the original quake. An estimated 10 people have died so far as a result of the quake

http://media.nzherald.co.nz/webcontent/image/jpg/20119/rubble_220x14751277.jpg

http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg619/scaled.php?tn=0&server=619&filename=9tog.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hO_GaOhh0IA/TIL44tAPl5I/AAAAAAAAGHQ/CxBSFGli4rU/s1600/EQ+Ch+Ch+9.jpg

http://feww.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/nz-eq.jpg?w=335&h=468

http://www.redskynews.com/images/CanterburyEarthquake19012011.jpg

This is a huge shock after not long ago overcoming the pike river mine disaster.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/4688271/Christchurch-aftershock-Feb-22

[Stephen]

Holy crap. I thought the first picture was bad but they get worse

Building collapsed, massive crack in the ground. Nothing can be worse than that :/

BUT WAIT WHAT IS THAT LAST PICTURE OF? OMG NOT THE WINEEEEEEEEEE PLEASE GOD NOOOOOOO

k jokey thing over something bad over

Looks really bad. RIP to the dead :(

[JerseySafety]

UPDATE: 20 people are confirmed dead. Number expected to rise

[Stephen]

bbc news or sky news forgot just said over 60 killed now

[JerseySafety]

Prime Minister has just arrived.

Currently at 75 and rising.

[HotelUser]

Prime Minister has just arrived.

Currently at 75 and rising.

I feel so bad for those 75 people and their families. I hope those pictures really are of the absolute worst places damaged, and that not everywhere is as bad.

[Stephen]

I'm afraid I heard all the wine shops are like that :(

or did you mean the buildings

[JerseySafety]

I'm afraid I heard all the wine shops are like that :(

or did you mean the buildings

There are a lot worse builldings.

Ill post pics tomorrow :)

[Josh]

It's so disappointing to see the last few month's recovery effort have all been stripped down again. That church.. just wow.

My heart goes out to not only the people affected, but the entire nation.

[JerseySafety]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/02/22/article-1359354-0D4D6B1B000005DC-181_648x364.jpg

The worst damage happened on the Pyne Gould Corporation building.

The 4 or 5 stories, literally stacked like a pancake on each other. It was totally destroyed. - Cant find a pic atm :S

[Suspective]

How terrible and a massive earthquake by the looks it.

RIP to all those who have lost their lives. I am just looking at some more photos, and they look devastating.

[Jessicrawrr]

that is terrible :(
the photos are horrible, r.i.p to those that have died :(

[ihatehash]

Sorry, Just a correction.
It's a separate earthquake to the first one, not an aftershock.

[Jordan]

Sorry, Just a correction.
It's a separate earthquake to the first one, not an aftershock.

I was thinking that xD

So many people died I feel sorry for the families :(

[GommeInc]

It's always shcoking to see something that has probably survived centuries, like a church, destroyed within seconds. RIP to all those involved, and good luck to the rest, they're going to need it.

[Jordy]

My sister's best friend on a round the world tour left Christchurch an hour before this happened, quite remarkable rly.

RIP to those killed. Some rather shocking images.

[JerseySafety]

Oh wow so 75 are confirmed dead at the moment and another 300-400 are missing.

It was 100 missing yesterday now it's 300 damn.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/christchurch-earthquake/a/-/article/8883604/nearly-400-dead-missing-in-new-zealand-quake/

[Ajthedragon]

Wow. I've seen pictures in the paper this morning too, truly horrific.

[JerseySafety]

Hmm well what do you expect.

Apparently it's the worst natural disaster in NZ for 70 years. :O

[Janet Snakehole]

Ergh, this is so horrible :(
My heart goes out to them.

[JerseySafety]

98 are confirmed dead, 250+ still missing.

Expected to go to at least 200 dead.

[JerseySafety]

Another updated to keep people informed:

113 Confirmed Dead

250+ still missing

Current cost of the Earthquake, approx. $10 Billion

[Technologic]

This is a really chilling video of just after


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2hwBgRtBjQ&feature=player_embedded

[JerseySafety]

Yeah :/

Expected to go to at least 200 dead, with hundreds still missing. hmph.

Updated - 123 dead.

[JerseySafety]

145 confirmed dead.

I heard something on news that the financial cost could even be $20 billion

[AgnesIO]

****..

I knew it was bad, seeing all these pictures is just terrible though.

RIP to all those dead.

[JerseySafety]

147 confirmed dead. :S

Gonna keep rising every day, I'll try keep this updated :P

[JerseySafety]

164 are confirmed dead.

Expected to go up to 220 :S