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
This is a huge shock after not long ago overcoming the pike river mine disaster.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-tim...ershock-Feb-22
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Aftershock Earthquake in Christchurch [NZ]
Last edited by JerseySafety; 22-02-2011 at 04:16 AM.
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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
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UPDATE: 20 people are confirmed dead. Number expected to rise
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Prime Minister has just arrived.
Currently at 75 and rising.
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22-02-2011, 05:45 AM #6
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.
Originally Posted by afterbirth
I'm not crazy, ask my toaster.
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There are a lot worse builldings. Originally Posted by Stephen!
I'm afraid I heard all the wine shops are like that
or did you mean the buildings
Ill post pics tomorrow
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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.
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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
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