Monday May 28, 2012

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    sylvainiac

    It was probably the worst earthquake that I've felt yet. The rumbling sound beforehand (possibly the quake before the 7.1 quake) is what woke me up and the shaking was very violent - a couple of things fell over in my bedroom and the lava lamp in our living room fell over also but nothing broke. My flatmate and I live in a suburb of Christchurch that didn't lose any services (power, phone and water - although our water pressure was low for a while afterwards) and our flat doesn't appear to be damaged at all so we can consider ourselves to be very lucky. I felt the 7.8 earthquake that occured in Fiordland last year but the shaking for this one was definitely worse, given the depth and how far away from the epicentre we were. Admittedly, I went "rubbernecking" once the sun had risen but we are very lucky not to have had any fatalities at all. Walking around the CBD, I had the feeling that the irony of the day was that it was an absolutely perfect day - the sun was out, it was relatively warm and there was no wind at all.

    I am very impressed with how the NZ Police, Civil Defence, Christchurch City Council and the New Zealand Government have reacted to this, especially Christchurch mayor Bob Parker.

    Posted in: 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island

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