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Earthquake in New Zealand

WestCoastGal

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WestCoastGal Grand Master

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I just heard on our local NBC station that there was a 6.3 earthquake in New Zealand. The only thing they said was that buildings had collapsed and people were trapped. Saw film footage of billowing clouds of dust. Not seeing much yet on Google news other than it was 10 kilometers south-east of Christchurch and that Radio NZ was reporting extensive damage and the PM has urged residents to evacuate the city due to the possibility of more collapses. Has anyone heard anything else and do we have members in New Zealand around the Christchurch area? That such a pretty area of the country too. Seems like disasters are coming in multiples to some areas of the world. They just had a 7.1 in the fall.

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Zone 9b (formerly listed as Zone 9a); Sunset 14

DoomsDave Grand Master

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aussiearoids Grand Master

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I'll take a cyclone rather than an earth quack :blink::rage:

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

Tyrone Grand Master

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My thoughts go out to everyone over there. 65 confirmed dead at the moment. This is real bad.

Best regards

Tyrone

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

WestCoastGal Grand Master

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Just came from reading some of the accounts from people nearby Christchurch and looking through some of the photos and videos on this site from The New Zealand Herald. Lots of structural damage. I feel for these people. Reminds me of scenes from the Loma Prieta quake in many ways.

I saw someone from Invercargill posted a response and am pretty sure I remember one of our Aussie members being from there. Hope if he has relatives there everyone is okay. I know we have some members from Auckland but assume they didn't feel anything.

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WestCoastGal Grand Master

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7News from Australia has streaming video from Christchurch area. Both my husband and I are shocked by how much damage there is.

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Caryota_gigas Experienced

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Death toll will top 100, just saw live shots of bodies lined up, still 200 odd people believed to be inside collapsed buildings, water, phones, and power in very short supply, thousands in shelters.

Michael

Auckland

New Zealand

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Caryota_gigas Experienced

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I saw someone from Invercargill posted a response and am pretty sure I remember one of our Aussie members being from there. Hope if he has relatives there everyone is okay. I know we have some members from Auckland but assume they didn't feel anything.

Invercargill is a long way from Christchurch, even though they may have felt the quake, there will be no real damage. As for Auckland, we are a real long way away up here, over 1000km so nothing felt here.

Devastating scenes playing non-stop on TV here. The 2 major channels have been running coverage non-stop for the last 9 hours... things are going to be very grim for the people of Christchurch tomorrow. Our thoughts are with them all.

Michael.

Michael

Auckland

New Zealand

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Tropicgardener Mentor

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I'll take a cyclone rather than an earth quack :blink::rage:

I was talking to the wife and said the same thing...........absolutely horrendous situation over there.

Andrew,
Airlie Beach, Whitsundays

Tropical Queensland

DoomsDave Grand Master

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So far trhe death toll is 75, and likely to go higher.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Here's a video.

Not nice.

Oh, it brings back bad memories.

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I thought I remember someone here from Christchurch??

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richnorm Grand Master

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I thought I remember someone here from Christchurch??

Chester something wasn't it? Anyway, there is no power down there in many areas so doubt we shall hear from him. There have been several hundred after shocks since the first big quake in September, some of them quite sizeable. Must be hell on the nerves. At least with a cyclone you have an end point, who knows how long the shocks could continue...

MattyB Grand Master

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If you look at Tuesday 22/02/11 it's almost like the day started off with a lot less earthquakes than normal, like the pressure was building and nothing was releasing with small quakes, then the big ones all hit at once.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

_Keith Grand Master

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This link: http://www.christchurchquakemap.co.nz/ shows in order, all the quakes that have hit Christchurch since the first one on September the 4th last year... man its a lot.

This must be the earthquake center of the world.

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Dave-Vero Grand Master

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A friend and his family in Christchurch are OK but terribly shaken.

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

Really full garden Grand Master

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I have a friend who lives just eight miles from the epicenter and they had no damage from this or the earier quake.From what I have seen most of the destroyed buildings were morter and brick.

El Oasis - beach garden, distinct wet/dry season ,year round 20-38c

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Dave-Vero Grand Master

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TheNew York Times has a map showing the degree of shaking. The worst shaking was precisely in central Canterbury, the worst possible place. Shaking became less severe just a short distance away.

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Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

Dave-Vero Grand Master

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Shaking during the Christchurch quake is possibly the strongest ever recorded, nearly 2 times gravity (2G). "As recently as the 1980s, seismologists had believed that earthquakes couldn't generally produce ground accelerations greater than about 0.5G." Los Angeles Times

Fla. climate center: 100-119 days>85 F
USDA 1990 hardiness zone 9B
Current USDA hardiness zone 10a
4 km inland from Indian River; 27º N (equivalent to Brisbane)

Central Orlando's urban heat island may be warmer than us

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