Ok, well for those who don't know, i live in Christchurch, New Zealand, which this morning at 4:35am was hit by a earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale. The focus was only 10km under the ground and the initial quake lasted about 40 seconds. This is said to mabey be the largest earthquake in NZ since 1931 or something. The epicenter was 38km north-west of Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island.
There has been a variety of outcomes, main problems being power outage, water outage, and mainly, burst sewage pipes, resulting in infected water supplies. Some buildings have caved in, roads have had huge cracks in them, and the building located directly on the epicenter, was totally annihilated, however the frame still stands.
Reportedly, there have been no deaths and only two serious injuries, a man getting crushed by a falling chimney, and a person injured by broken windows.
Personally, my house is fairly in-tact, but has still been hit worse than alot of other homes. Our chimney has fallen apart, and bricks are spread over the roof. There are a few cracks stretching about 30cm along our ceiling and we think that our entire roof moved and could be a hazard. There are also some other things.
I mainly posted this because i am bored, and want to know about other people's experiences with earthquakes.
Some extra notes:
*Two of my three cats are missing, unfortunately the one we have found is the one i dont like much....
*I managed to get a FREE 18 steps on my Pokewalker!!!!!!!!!!! Party!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your time and feel free to post questions or just general comments, as we are expected to have some extremely large aftershocks, adding to the twenty+ we have already had. I could continue even more but it would take too long.
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There has been a variety of outcomes, main problems being power outage, water outage, and mainly, burst sewage pipes, resulting in infected water supplies. Some buildings have caved in, roads have had huge cracks in them, and the building located directly on the epicenter, was totally annihilated, however the frame still stands.
Reportedly, there have been no deaths and only two serious injuries, a man getting crushed by a falling chimney, and a person injured by broken windows.
Personally, my house is fairly in-tact, but has still been hit worse than alot of other homes. Our chimney has fallen apart, and bricks are spread over the roof. There are a few cracks stretching about 30cm along our ceiling and we think that our entire roof moved and could be a hazard. There are also some other things.
I mainly posted this because i am bored, and want to know about other people's experiences with earthquakes.
Some extra notes:
*Two of my three cats are missing, unfortunately the one we have found is the one i dont like much....
*I managed to get a FREE 18 steps on my Pokewalker!!!!!!!!!!! Party!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your time and feel free to post questions or just general comments, as we are expected to have some extremely large aftershocks, adding to the twenty+ we have already had. I could continue even more but it would take too long.
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