CC Earthquake

[brickie in oz]

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brickie in oz
maybe you can rebuild the church dome as the pizza oven dome, thereby getting it as the biggest domed oven ever built!


Neill

It would be a better use for such a magnificent building Im sure, imagine the size of the pizzas.

[uk_exile]

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Some scary figure just released (To give these some scale population of city approx 400,000)

* 996 buildings in the Central Business District (comprising 70% of the CBD) are red-stickered and will likely need to be bulldozed.
* More than 12,000 residential homes have been earmarked for demolition.
* 61,000 people are on wage support or earthquake assistance.
* 30% of all businesses are affected in some form.
* Hotels are struggling with a 13% occupancy rate.
* Tourism (the region's single biggest economic contributor) has ground to a halt.

[cobblerdave]

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12,000 residents for demolition....

That means 12,000 families..mum, dad, kids...mortgages...peoples lives, hopes, dreams and the comunities they live in, fractured....

In my prayers
I feel very saddened
Cobblerdave.....

[david s]

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We just had a 5.4 30 Km southwest of us. I didn't feel anything but other folk said their homes were shaking. What's happening? is the planet fighting back? Might have to find a new one. We didn't leave Mars in very good condition.

[david s]

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[QUOTE=david s;111246]We just had a 5.4 30 Km southwest of us.

Now they are saying it was 124 Km south east. I just love the media's accuracy.

[cobblerdave]

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The wife said tonights TV news report said there was Earhtquake activity from New Guinea down the fault line to New Zealand over the last 2 Days.
Yes CC has more shocks how big I don't know. sorry for secound hand info

Regards Cobblerdave

[uk_exile]

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This site is by far the best quake reporting site I've seen for what's happening around here. the graphs, maps etc are fantastic. Total shakes approaching 5500 since Sepetemebr 2010 isn't fantastic ! In 30+yrs prior I'd only ever felt 5 or 6......
Canterbury Quake Live

Magnitude itself isn't very effective at quantifing what you feel. Location & depth more important.
A 5.0 magnitude 10km deep and 10km away feels far less than a 4.0 5km depth at same location even though 5.0 magnitude release 30 times the energy of a 4.0
e.g. the magnitude 9 quake 125km from Japan shook the ground on mainland Japan far less than the 6.3 magnitude 5.8km right under Christchurch city

The modified mercalli intensity scale (MMI) is a better number for saying what is felt at any location
GeoNet – New Zealand Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale

Note, if I exclude the tragic deaths of many, long term I truly believe the recent quakes have been a good thing. We will get a better stronger city, both buildings and people. It will just take 5-10yrs to get there. In meantime we just need to get used to living in lower standard of living. Still far far from 3rd world conditions though.