[TheList] Mag. 7.4 earthquake, Canterbury region, New Zealand

Sat Sep 4 07:18:59 AEST 2010

  On 4/09/2010 6:04 a.m., RayC wrote:
> Major damage and buildings collapses in CHCH,major damage at pines beach.
> roads have cracks in them, bridge approaches damaged,
> In Timaru it scared the shit out of me.
> Got out of bed and was difficult to walk to the bedroom door frame.
> Everything rattled, walls seem to be moving, massive rocking.
> still getting many aftershocks in Timaru
> worst I have ever felt in 58 years at 7.4 magnitude in CHCH
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Gary <mailto:kaimaikid at xtra.co.nz>
>     *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz <mailto:thelist at radiowiki.org.nz>
>     *Sent:* Saturday, September 04, 2010 5:46 AM
>     *Subject:* [TheList] Mag. 7.4 earthquake, Canterbury region, New
>     Zealand
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>                         PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT
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>                                  GNS SCIENCE
>                               GeoNet Data Centre
>                            Lower Hutt, New Zealand
>     http://www.geonet.org.nz
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>
>
>             The following earthquake has been recorded by GNS Science:
>
>             Reference number:        3366146/G
>             Universal Time:          3 September 2010 at 16:35
>             NZ Standard Time:        Saturday, 4 September 2010 at 4:35 am
>             Latitude, Longitude:     43.54°S, 172.23°E
>             Location:                30 km west of Christchurch
>             Focal depth:             33 km
>             Richter magnitude:       7.4
>
>             Web page:
>     http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g.html
>
>
>     Widely felt throughout New Zealand.
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Suggest next time you get behind the couch as doorways are safe to stand 
under according to the tv programme that was on last monday.
Thought the big one was supposed to hit Wellington not Christchurch. Oh 
by the way it has been downgraded to 7.1 now.


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